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BY-LAWS 
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DEPARTMENT  of 
PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION 
CITY  of  SYRACUSE 


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STATUTE 

ESTABLISHING 

DEPARTMENT  of 
PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION 

IN  THE  CITY  of 
SYRACUSE,  NEW  YORK 


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STATUTES 

CHAP.  543. 


AN  ACT  to  provide  for  a  department  of  public 
instruction  in  the  city  of  Syracuse. 

Became  a  law,  June  21,  1907,  with  the  approval 
of  the  Governor.  Passed,  three- 
fifths  being  present. 

Accepted  by  the  city. 


The  People  of  the  State  of  New  York ,  repre¬ 
sented  in  Senate  and  Assembly ,  do  enact  as  fol¬ 
lows: 


Section  1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

9. 

10. 

11. 

12. 

13. 

14. 

15. 

16. 
17. 


Department  of  public  instruction 
established. 

Officers  and  subordinates. 

Official  undertakings. 

Powers  and  duties  of  the  board. 
Superintendent  of  schools ;  duties. 
Clerk;  duties. 

Superintendent  of  repairs ;  duties. 
Regulation  of  salaries. 

School  libraries. 

Appointment  and  qualifications  of 
principals  and  teachers. 

Text  books. 

State  school  money. 

School  buildings. 

Construction  of  act. 

Saving  clause. 

Construction  of  provisions. 

Laws  repealed. 


Section  1.  Department  of  public  instruction 
established. — A  department  of  public  instruction 
in  and  for  the  city  of  Syracuse  is  hereby  estab¬ 
lished.  There  shall  be  a  board  of  education,  com¬ 
posed  of  seven  members,  to  be  called  commission¬ 
ers  of  education,  who  shall  be  elected  by  the 


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Establishment 

department. 


Board  of 
education. 

How  chosen. 


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Term  of  office. 


To  serve  with¬ 
out  compensation. 

Officers  of  board. 

Clerk. 


Superintendent 
of  schools. 


Superintendent 
of  repairs. 


electors  of  the  city  at  large.  Said  board  shall  be 
the  head  of  the  department  of  public  instruction, 
and  the  representative  of  the  school  system  of 
the  city  in  its  entirety.  The  terms  of  said  com¬ 
missioners  shall  be  four  years,  to  commence 
January  first  following  their  election.  The  first 
commissioners  of  education  shall  be  those  hold¬ 
ing  office  at  the  time  this  act  takes  effect,  and  who 
shall  continue  to  hold  their  offices  until  the  ex¬ 
piration  of  the  terms  for  which  they  were  sev¬ 
erally  elected.  Their  successors  shall  be  elected 
at  the  biennial  city  election  next  preceding  the 
expiration  of  their  respective  terms  of  office,  in 
the  same  manner  as  other  city  officers.  Said  com¬ 
missioners  shall  serve  without  compensation. 

Sec.  2.  Officers  and  subordinates. — The  board 
shall  appoint  one  of  its  members  president,  who 
shall  exercise  all  of  the  powers  usually  incident 
to  such  office.  It  shall  appoint,  to  hold  office  for 
a  term  of  four  years,  unless  sooner  removed,  a 
clerk  who  shall  perform  the  duties  hereinafter 
specified  and  shall  receive  such  compensation  for 
his  services  as  shall  be  determined  by  the  board 
of  estimate  and  apportionment.  It  shall  also  ap¬ 
point  to  hold  office  for  a  term  of  four  years,  un¬ 
less  sooner  removed,  a  suitable  person,  to  be 
superintendent  of  schools,  who  shall  exercise  the 
powers  and  discharge  the  duties  hereinafter  de¬ 
fined,  and  shall  receive  such  compensation  for 
his  service  as  the  board  of  estimate  and  appor¬ 
tionment  may  determine.  It  may  also  appoint  a 
superintendent  of  repairs,  and  such  other  subor¬ 
dinates,  including  principals,  teachers,  attendance 
or  truant  officers,  and  janitors  or  custodians  of 
schools  as  the  public  school  system  of  the  city 
may  require,  and,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the 
board  of  estimate  and  apportionment  shall  fix 
and  determine  the  salaries  or  compensation  of 
all  such  officers,  and  subordinates,  within  the 
appropriation  made  therefor.  The  present  officers, 
appointees  and  employes  of  the  board  of  educa¬ 
tion  shall  continue  to  hold  their  respective  offices 


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during  the  terms  for  which  they  have  been  re¬ 
spectively  appointed.  All  appropriations  of  pub¬ 
lic  moneys  made  for  the  payment  of  salaries  and 
compensation  of  officers  and  subordinates  of  the 
department  of  public  instruction  shall  be  paid 
monthly,  after  certification  by  the  president  of 
the  board  of  education,  by  the  city  treasurer 
upon  the  warrant  of  the  city  comptroller,  in  the 
same  manner  as  the  salaries  of  the  other  city 
officers.  The  commissioners  and  subordinates 
shall  be  deemed  to  be  city  officers  of  the  city,  and 
shall  be  subject  to  all  the  provisions  of  law  ap¬ 
plicable  to  such  city  officers. 

Sec.  3.  Official  undertakings. — The  superin¬ 
tendent  of  schools  and  the  clerk  shall  each,  be¬ 
fore  entering  upon  the  discharge  of  the  duties 
of  his  office,  execute  and  file  with  the  city  clerk 
an  official  undertaking  conditioned  upon  the  faith¬ 
ful  discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  office,  in  such 
sum  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  common  coun¬ 
cil  ;  such  undertakings  to  be  approved  as  to  form 
and  validity  by  the  corporation  counsel,  and  as 
to  the  sufficiency  of  the  sureties  by  the  mayor. 

Sec.  4.  Powers  and  duties  of  the  board. — 
The  board  of  education  shall  have  the  sole  and 
exclusive  government,  management,  care  and  con¬ 
trol  of  the  public  school  system  of  the  city,  sub¬ 
ject  only  to  the  general  statutes  of  the  state 
relative  to  public  schools  and  public  school  in¬ 
struction  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of 
this  act.  It  shall  have  the  sole  and  exclusive 
care,  custody,  control,  management  and  safe 
keeping  of  all  property  owned  or  used  for  school 
purposes.  It  shall  have  full  power  and  authority 
to  approve  all  plans  for  new  school  buildings; 
to  make  rules  and  regulations  for  the  government 
of  the  schools;  prescribe  courses  of  study  and 
text  books ;  provide  the  schools  with  necessary 
apparatus,  equipment,  furniture  and  supplies ; 
supply  the  requisite  text  books  and  stationery 
for  the  use  of  the  pupils,  when  required  by  law ; 

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Salaries  to  be 
paid  monthly. 


Commissioners 
and  employees 
city  officers. 


Superintendent 
and  clerk  to 
file  bond. 


Board  has 
exclusive 
management  of 
schools  and 
school  property. 


Has  power  to 
approve  plans  of 
new  buildings. 


Shall  provide 
equipment. 


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Shall  determine 
qualifications  of 
principals  and 
teachers. 


Shall  assign  and 
transfer 
principals  and 
teachers. 


Shall  prescribe 
rules  for 
admission  of 
non-residents. 


May  establish 
rules. 


Shall  administer 
all  moneys  for 
educational 
purposes. 


exchange  old  text  books  for  new ;  change  the 
grades  of  schools  and  classes  therein,  and  estab¬ 
lish  new  schools ;  license  and  fix  standards  of 
qualification  as  necessary  requirements  for  serv¬ 
ice  of  all  principals  and  teachers  in  the  schools, 
which  requirements  may  be  higher,  but  not  lower, 
than  the  minimum  qualifications  required  by  the 
general  laws  of  the  state;  assign  and  transfer 
principals,  teachers  and  pupils  to  schools  and 
from  one  school  to  another,  and  provide  for  the 
graduation  of  all  pupils  from  all  grades  of 
schools ;  allow  teachers  extra  pay  for  extra  work, 
and  employ  and  fix  the  compensation  of  such  ex¬ 
tra  teachers  as  may  be  required,  within  the  ap¬ 
propriation  made  for  teachers’  wages ;  prescribe 
rules  and  regulations  for  the  admission  of  non¬ 
resident  pupils  to  the  schools  of  the  city  and  fix 
the  tuition  to  be  paid  therefor ;  and  shall  have  all 
the  powers  and  discharge  all  the  duties  conferred 
or  imposed  by  law  upon  commissioners  of  com¬ 
mon  schools  and  trustees  of  the  several  school 
districts  of  the  state,  so  far  as  the  same  are  ap¬ 
plicable  to  the  schools  of  the  city  and  are  not  in¬ 
consistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  act.  In 
the  execution  of  the  powers  and  authority  vested 
in  it  the  board  may  establish  such  rules  and  regu¬ 
lations  as  it  may  deem  necessary  for  the  promo¬ 
tion  of  the  welfare  and  best  interests  of  the  pub¬ 
lic  schools  and  the  public  school  system  of  the 
city.  The  board  shall  administer  all  moneys  ap¬ 
propriated  or  available  for  educational  purposes, 
provided  that  all  purchases  or  expenditures  made, 
or  expenses  or  indebtedness  incurred  by  said 
board,  or  in  said  department,  shall  be  made,  au¬ 
dited  and  paid  in  the  same  manner  and  subject 
to  the  same  conditions  and  limitations  as  are  pro¬ 
vided  by  law  for  expenditures  made  by  other 
city  departments.  The  enumeration  of  specific 
powers  herein  shall  not  be  deemed  to  exclude  or 
limit  the  exercise  of  powers  not  so  enumerated. 

Sec.  5.  Superintendent  of  schools;  duties. — 
It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  superintendent  of 


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schools,  under  the  general  supervision  and  direc¬ 
tion  of  the  board  of  education,  to  visit  the  several 
schools  of  the  city  at  frequent  intervals ;  to  in¬ 
quire  into  the  character  of  the  instruction,  man¬ 
agement  and  discipline ;  to  advise  and  encourage 
the  pupils  and  teachers ;  to  enfore  the  rules  and 
regulations  of  the  board  of  education;  to  main¬ 
tain  and  enforce  proper  discipline  in  the  manage¬ 
ment  and  conduct  of  the  schools,  and  in  connec¬ 
tion  therewith  may  suspend  any  pupil  alleged  to 
be  guilty  of  misconduct  or  insubordination,  and 
may  likewise  suspend  any  teacher,  principal  or 
employe,  but  shall  immediately  report  such  disci¬ 
pline  with  his  reasons  therefor  to  the  board  of 
education ;  to  report  to  the  board  of  education 
any  inefficiency  or  misconduct  on  the  part  of 
principals,  teachers  and  employes ;  to  supervise 
the  enforcement  of  the  compulsory  education 
law  and  direct  truant  officers  in  the  discharge 
of  their  duties;  to  have  charge  of  the  school  li¬ 
braries  ;  and  to  perform  such  other  duties  as  shall 
be  prescribed  by  or  delegated  to  him  by  the  board 
of  education. 

Sec.  6.  Clerk;  duties. — The  clerk  shall  keep 
all  records  of  the  board  and  shall  have  charge, 
custody  and  control  of  the  rooms,  books,  papers, 
documents  and  records  of  the  department  and 
shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  shall  be  re¬ 
quired  by  the  board  of  education.  He  is  hereby 
authorized  to  administer  oaths  and  take  affida¬ 
vits  in  all  matters  appertaining  to  the  schools  or 
school  system  of  the  city  and  for  that  purpose 
shall  possess  all  the  powers  of  a  commissioner 
of  deeds,  but  shall  not  be  entitled  to  any  of  the 
fees  or  emoluments  thereof. 

Sec.  7.  Superintendent  of  repairs;  duties. — 
The  superintendent  of  repairs  shall,  under  the 
direction  of  the  board,  have  charge  of  keeping 
in  repair  the  school  buildings,  school  furniture 
and  equipment,  heating  and  other  apparatus  and 
appliances  for  carrying  on  school  work;  and  for 

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Superintendent 
of  schools: 
duties. 


Clerk:  duties. 


Superintendent 
of  repairs: 
duties. 


Regulation  of 
salaries. 


Libraries. 


Appointments 
to  be  made 
from  merit 
lists. 


Basis  of 
ranking. 


Educational 
qualifications  of 
principals  and 
high  school 
teachers. 


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such  purposes  may,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the 
board,  and  within  the  appropriation  made  there-  . 
for,  employ  such  assistants  as  may  be  necessary. 

Sec.  8.  Regulation  of  salaries. — The  salaries 
of  all  principals  and  teachers  shall  be  regulated 
so  far  as  practicable,  according  to  merit,  grade 
of  class  taught,  length  of  service  in  teaching  or 
by  a  combination  of  these  considerations,  in  ac¬ 
cordance  with  a  uniform  of*  schedule. 

Sec.  9.  School  libraries. — The  board  of  educa¬ 
tion  shall  be  the  sole  trustee  of  the  several  school 
libraries  in  said  city.  It  shall  provide  for  the  safe 
keeping  of  the  same  and  all  provisions  of  law 
relative  to  district  school  libraries  shall  be  ap¬ 
plicable  thereto.  It  shall  be  vested  with  the  same 
discretion  as  to  the  disposition  of  all  moneys  ap¬ 
propriated  by  any  laws  of  the  state  for  the  pur¬ 
pose  of  school  libraries  as  is  conferred  by  law 
upon  the  inhabitants  of  school  districts. 

Sec.  10.  Appointments  and  qualifications  of 
principals  and  teachers. — All  appointments  to  po¬ 
sitions  of  teachers  in  the  public  schools  of  the 
city,  except  principals  and  vice-principals  of 
schools,  heads  of  departments  of  high  schools, 
and  special  teachers  of  drawing,  music,  physical 
culture,  writing,  sloyd,  stenography  and  domestic 
science,  shall  be  made  from  a  merit  list  to  be 
ascertained  and  established  in  accordance  with 
such  rules  and  regulations  as  the  board  of  edu¬ 
cation  shall  prescribe.  The  applicants  on  said 
list  shall  be  graded  and  classified  according  to  a 
combination  of  qualifications  which  shall  include 
scholarship,  ability  to  teach,  experience  and  abil¬ 
ity  in  school  and  class  room  discipline  and  man¬ 
agement,  and  general  merit  and  fitness.  No  per¬ 
son  shall  be  appointed  to  the  position  of  princi¬ 
pal  of  a  high  school  or  of  a  grammar  school,  or 
teacher  of  a  high  school,  who  is  not  a  graduate 
of  a  normal  school,  college  or  university,  recog- 


*So  in  original. 

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nized  by  the  regents  of  the  university  of  the  state 
of  New  York,  and  has  not  had  at  least  two  years’ 
successful  experience  in  teaching,  and  no  person 
shall  be  appointed  as  teacher  in  a  grammar  school 
or  kindergarten  who  is  not  a  graduate  of  a  nor¬ 
mal  school  or  who  has  not  pursued  a  course  in 
pedagogy  in  a  state  training  school  for  at  least 
one  year.  The  provisions  of  this  section  as  to 
qualifications  or  eligibility  shall  not  apply  to  any 
principal  or  teacher  now  in  the  employ  of  the 
city. 

Sec.  11.  Text  books. — Text  books  shall  be  fur¬ 
nished  free  of  expense  to  all  pupils  of  the  com¬ 
mon  schools  of  said  city  of  all  grades  below  that 
of  high  school.  Such  books  shall  be  and  remain 
the  property  of  the  city  and  the  board  of  educa¬ 
tion  shall  provide  for  the  care  and  preservation 
of  the  same.  No  text  book  of  which  any  officer 
or  subordinate  of  the  department  is  the  author, 
or  in  the  publication  or  sale  of  which  any  such 
officer  or  subordinate  is  in  any  way  interested, 
shall  be  adopted  for  use  in  any  of  the  schools 
of  the  city  unless  the  same  shall  have  been  adopt¬ 
ed  and  shall  be  in  use  in  the  public  schools  of 
at  least  five  other  cities  of  the  state. 

Sec.  12.  State  school  money. — Whenever  the 
city  clerk  shall  receive  notice  from  the  state  com¬ 
missioner  of  education  of  the  amount  of  moneys 
apportioned  to  said  city  for  the  support  and  en¬ 
couragement  of  common  schools  therein,  he  shall 
immediately  lay  the  same  before  the  city  comp¬ 
troller  and  treasurer,  and  the  treasurer  shall  ap¬ 
ply  for  and  receive  the  moneys  apportioned  to 
the  said  city  as  soon  as  the  same  become  payable 
and  place  the  same  in  the  city  treasury,  and  the 
same  shall  be  applicable  for  the  reduction  of  gen¬ 
eral  taxation. 

Sec.  13.  School  buildings. — The  commissioner 
of  public  works  shall  have  the  power,  when  au¬ 
thorized  so  to  do  by  the  board  of  estimate  and 
apportionment  for,  on  behalf  of  and  in  the  name 


Free  text  books. 


No  officer  to  be 
interested  in. 


State 

apportionment. 


School  property: 
how  acquired. 


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Board  to 
approve  plans 
buildings. 


Specifications. 


Stairways,  etc. 


of  the  city  of  Syracuse,  to  acquire  by  purchase 
or  condemnation  or  to  lease  such  real  property 
as  may  be  required  for  school  purposes ;  to  super¬ 
intend  the  planning  and  construction  of  new 
school  buildings ;  and  to  dispose  of  such  real  prop¬ 
erty  owned  and  used  for  school  purposes  as  shall 
no  longer  be  required  therefor.  No  school  build- 
of  ing  or  addition  to  a  school  building  shall  here¬ 
after  be  erected  until  the  plans,  specifications  and 
detailed  drawings  for  the  same  shall  have  been 
approved  by  the  superintendent  of  public  works 
and  board  of  education  and  their  respective  ap¬ 
provals  endorsed  thereon.  Such  plans  and  speci¬ 
fications  shall  show  in  detail  the  ventilation,  heat¬ 
ing,  lighting,  plumbing  and  sanitary  arrangements 
of  such  buildings.  No  plan  or  specifications  for 
the  erection  of  any  school  building  or  addition 
to  a  school  building  shall  be  approved  unless  the 
same  shall  provide  at  least  fifteen  square  feet  of 
floor  space  and  two  hundred  cubic  feet  of  air 
space  for  each  pupil  to  be  accommodated  in  each 
study  or  recitation  room  therein,  nor  unless  pro¬ 
vision  be  made  therein  for  assuring  at  least  thirty 
feet  of  pure  air  every  minute  per  pupil  and  the 
facilities  for  exhausting  foul  or  vitiated  air 
therefrom  shall  be  positive  and  independent  of 
atmospheric  changes.  All  such  school  buildings 
shall  have  at  least  two  separate  and  distinct  stair¬ 
ways  located  as  far  remote  from  each  other  as 
practicable.  All  stairs,  stairways  and  stair  halls 
shall  be  constructed  of  absolutely  fire  proof  ma¬ 
terial.  All  stairways  and  stair  halls  shall  be  en¬ 
closed  on  all  sides  with  walls  of  solid  masonry, 
self  supported  and  carried  from  the  foundations. 
All  doorways  opening  therein  shall  be  protected 
by  fire  doors  and  all  window  openings,  except 
from  the  outside,  shall  have  fire  proof  or  wired 
glass  set  in  metallic  frames.  All  halls,  doors, 
stairways,  seats,  passageways  and  aisles,  and  all 
lighting  and  heating  appliances  and  apparatus 
shall  be  so  arranged  as  to  facilitate  egress  in  case 
of  fire  or  accident,  and  to  afford  the  requisite  and 


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proper  accommodations  for  public  protection  in 
so  far  as  practicable,  be  improved  so  as  to  comply 
with  the  foregoing  requirements. 

Sec.  14.  Construction  of  act. — This  act  is  in¬ 
tended  to  be  and  shall  be  deemed  and  held  in  all 
courts  and  jurisdictions  to  be  a  public  act,  of 
which  the  courts  shall  take  judicial  notice.  This 
act  shall  be  construed  not  as  an  act  in  deroga¬ 
tion  of  the  powers  of  the  state,  but  as  one  in¬ 
tended  to  aid  the  state  in  the  execution  of  its 
duties,  and  shall  be  liberally  construed  so  as  to 
carry  into  effect  the  objects  and  purposes  hereof. 

Sec.  15.  Saving  clause. — The  repeal  of  a  law, 
or  any  part  of  it,  specified  in  the  annexed  sched¬ 
ule,  or  otherwise,  by  the  provisions  of  this  act, 
shall  not  affect  or  impair  any  act  done  or  right 
accruing,  accrued  or  acquired,  or  penalty,  for¬ 
feiture  or  punishment  incurred  prior  to  the  time 
when  this  act  takes  effect  under  or  by  virtue  of 
the  law  so  repealed,  but  the  same  may  be  as¬ 
serted,  enforced,  prosecuted  or  inflicted  as  fully 
and  to  the  same  extent  as  if  such  law  had  not 
been  repealed ;  and  all  actions  or  proceedings, 
civil  or  criminal,  commenced  under  or  by  virtue 
of  any  law  so  repealed  and  pending  when  this  act 
takes  effect,  may  be  prosecuted  and  defended  to 
final  effect  in  the  same  manner  as  they  might 
under  any  such  law  so  repealed,  unless  it  shall 
be  otherwise  specially  provided  herein. 

Sec.  16.  Construction  of  provisions. — The  pro¬ 
visions  of  this  act,  so  far  as  they  are  substan¬ 
tially  the  same,  or  cover  the  same  subject  matter 
as  those  of  any  law  repealed  hereby,  shall  be  con¬ 
strued  as  a  continuance  of  any  such  repealed  law, 
modified  or  amended,  according  to  the  language 
employed  herein,  and  not  as  new  enactments. 
References  in  a  law  not  repealed  to  the  provis¬ 
ions  of  any  law  incorporated  into  this  act  or  re¬ 
pealed,  shall  be  construed  as  applying  to  the  pro¬ 
visions  so  incorporated.  The  meaning  and  effect 
of  the  terms  of  language  used  herein  shall  be  con- 


Construction 
of  act. 


Saving  clause. 


Construction  of 
provisions. 


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STATUTES 

strued  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the 
statutory  construction  law. 

Laws  repealed.  Sec.  17.  Laws  repealed. — The  following  acts 
and  parts  of  acts  are  hereby  repealed : 

1.  Of  the  laws  enumerated  in  the  schedule 
annexed,  that  portion  thereof  specified  in  the  last 
column. 

2.  All  acts  or  parts  of  acts,  general  or  special, 
in  so  far  as  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of 
this  act. 

But  such  repeal  shall  not  revive  a  law  repealed 
by  any  law  hereby  repealed,  but  shall  include  all 
laws  purporting  to  specifically  amend  any  of  the 
laws  hereby  specifically  repealed. 

Sec.  18.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately. 


SCHEDULE 


Laws  of 

Chapter 

Sections 

1885  . 

.  26 . 

.  174—183 

1887  . 

.  368 . 

.  16 

1889  . 

.  18 . 

.  All 

1892  . 

.  626 . 

.  5 

1893  . 

.  524 . 

.  All 

1893  . 

.  531 . 

.  20—24 

1895  . 

.  950 . 

.  23—27 

1897  . 

.  752 . 

.  All 

1898  . 

. .  48 . 

.  All 

State  oe  New  York, 

Office  of  the  Secretary  of  State. 
ss.: 

I  have  compared  the  preceding  with  the  orig¬ 
inal  law  on  file  in  this  office,  and  do  hereby  cer¬ 
tify  that  the  same  is  a  correct  transcript  there¬ 
from  and  of  the  whole  of  said  original  law. 

JOHN  S.  WHALEN, 
Secretary  of  State. 


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BY-LAWS 

OF  THE 

BOARD  of  EDUCATION 

SYRACUSE,  NEW  YORK 

■  ■ 

■ 


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Annual  meeting. 

ARTICLE  I. 

MEETINGS  OE  THE  BOARD — ORGANIZATION. 

Section  1.  The  annual  meeting  of  the  board 
shall  be  held  on  the  first  Tuesday  after  the  first 
day  of  January  of  each  year,  at  4  o'clock  P.  M. 
The  clerk  of  the  board  shall  call  the  meeting  to 
order,  and  the  board  shall  immediately  proceed 
to  the  election  of  a  president  for  the  ensuing 
year,  and  shall  at  such  meeting,  choose  such 
other  officers  of  the  board  as  are  provided  for 
herein. 

Regular 

meetings. 

Sec.  2.  The  regular  meetings  of  the  board 
shall  be  held  on  the  first  Monday  of  each  month 
at  4  o’clock  P.  M.,  unless  the  board  shall  by 
resolution  fix  a  different  day  and  hour  for  such 
meeting. 

Special  meetings. 

Sec.  3.  Special  meetings  may  be  called  by  the 
president,  or  by  the  clerk  on  written  request 
made  and  signed  by  at  least  three  members  of  the 
ffioard.  At  least  two  days’  notice,  personally  or 
by  mail,  shall  be  given  of  a  special  meeting  to 
each  commissioner,  and  such  notice  shall  briefly 
specify  the  business  to  be  transacted  at  such 
meeting,  and  no  business  shall  be  transacted  at 
any  special  meeting  other  than  that  specified  in 
the  call  and  notice  therefor,  except  by  consent  of 
all  the  commissioners  present. 

Adjournment.  • 

Sec.  4.  The  annual  or  any  stated  meeting  of 
the  board  may  be  adjourned  from  time  to  time, 
but  notice  of  such  adjourned  meeting  shall  be 
given  by  the  clerk,  either  personally  or  by  mail, 
to  each  commissioner  not  present  at  the  meet¬ 
ing  so  adjourned. 

Place  of 
meetings. 

Sec.  5.  All  meetings  of  the  board  shall  be  held 
at  its  office  or  rooms  unless  a  different  place  shall 
be  designated  by  resolution  or  in  the  notice  of 
the  special  meeting. 

Quorum. 

Sec.  6.  At  any  meeting  a  majority  of  the  com¬ 
missioners  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the 

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transaction  of  business,  but  a  less  number  may 
adjourn  to  a  future  day. 

Sec.  7.  All  meetings  of  the  board  shall  be 
called  to  order  by  the  president,  or,  in  his  ab¬ 
sence,  by  the  clerk.  In  the  absence  of  the  presi¬ 
dent  a  president  pro  tempore  shall  be  elected 
before  any  business  is  transacted.  The  clerk  shall 
call  the  roll  of  commissioners  in  alphabetical 
order  and  record  the  names  of  those  present  and 
absent  respectively. 

Sec.  8.  The  minutes  of  the  last  and  all  pre¬ 
ceding  meetings  not  already  approved  shall  be 
then  read,  and  the  errors  therein,  if  any,  be  cor¬ 
rected. 

Sec.  9.  At  all  regular  meetings,  except  the  an¬ 
nual  meeting,  the  following  order  shall  be  ob¬ 
served  in  disposing  of  the  business  of  the  board : 

1.  Roll  call. 

2.  Reading  of  the  minutes  and  action  thereon. 

3.  Communications. 

4.  Report  of  the  Superintendent  of  Schools  and 

action  thereon. 

5.  Report  of  the  Superintendent  of  Repairs  and 

action  thereon. 

6.  Report  of  Attendance  Officers  and  action 

thereon. 

7.  Report  of  Standing  Committees  and  action 

thereon. 

a.  — Executive. 

b.  — Finance. 

c.  — Building  and  Hygiene. 

d.  — Teachers. 

e.  — Text  Books  and  Course  of  Study. 

f.  — Libraries,  Rules,  Regulations  and  Print¬ 

ing. 

g.  — Elementary  Schools. 

h.  — High  Schools. 

i.  —  Extended  use  of  Public  School  Build¬ 

ings. 


Meeting  called 
to  order. 


President  pro 
tem. 


Approval  of 
minutes. 


Order  of 
business. 


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Ayes  and  noes. 


Resolutions. 


Communications. 


\ccounts  and 
claims. 


Parliamentary 
rules  shall 
govern. 


flection  of 
president. 


8.  Report  of  Special  Committees. 

9.  Consideration  of  Accounts. 

10.  Consideration  of  Appointments. 

11.  Resolutions. 

12.  Miscellaneous  Business. 

No  business  shall  be  taken  up  out  of  the  fore¬ 
going  order,  except  by  unanimous  consent  and 
without  debate. 

Sec.  10.  The  ayes  and  noes  on  any  question 
before  the  board  shall  be  taken  at  the  call  of  any 
member  thereof,  and  all  votes  for  the  appropria¬ 
tion  of  money  shall  be  taken  by  ayes  and  noes, 
and  duly  recorded  in  the  minutes. 

Sec.  11.  No  resolution  shall  be  considered  by 
the  board  unless  submitted  in  writing,  except  by 
unanimous  consent. 

Sec.  12.  No  communication  or  application  to 
the  board  shall  pass  or  be  referred  to  any  com¬ 
mittee  without  the  consent  of  the  board. 

Sec.  13.  No  account  or  claim  shall  be  passed 
upon  by  the  board  until  it  is  verified  by  the  party 
presenting  it,  and  audited  by  the  president  after 
being  certified  to  by  the  party  receiving  the 
goods. 

SEC.  14.  Any  question  or  order  not  provided 
for  by  these  rules  shall  be  decided  and  disposed 
of  according  to  established  parliamentary  law  for 
the  government  of  deliberative  bodies. 

ARTICLE  II. 

OFFICERS — THEIR  ELECTION  AND  REMOVAL. 

Section  1.  The  board  of  education  shall,  an¬ 
nually  and  by  a  majority  vote  of  all  of  its  mem¬ 
bers,  elect  one  of  its  number  president.  Such 
election  shall  occur  at  the  annual  meeting  in  Jan¬ 
uary  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  is  practicable.  Each 


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member  shall  signify  his  choice  as  his  name  is 
called  by  the  clerk. 

Sec.  2.  Notices  of  the  day  of  election  shall  be 
served  on  the  members  and  members-elect,  by 
the  clerk,  at  least  five  days  prior  to  election. 

Sec.  3.  The  superintendent  of  schools,  clerk, 
and  other  appointive  officers  of  the  board  shall 
be  appointed  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  board, 
or  as  soon  thereafter  as  is  practicable.  Such  ap¬ 
pointments  shall  be  made  by  a  majority  ballot  of 
all  the  members  of  the  board. 

Sec.  4.  No  officer  or  appointee  shall  be  removed 
except  by  a  two-thirds  vote  in  the  affirmative  (to 
be  taken  by  ayes  and  noes)  of  all  the  members 
elected  to  the  board. 

ARTICLE  III. 

DUTIES  OF  OFFICERS — PRESIDENT. 

Section  1.  The  president  shall  preside  at  all 
meetings  of  the  board,  and  perform  such  other 
duties  as  may  pertain  to  the  position,  or  such  as 
the  board  may  from  time  to  time  direct. 

He  shall  receive  all  communications  addressed 
to  the  board  and  cause  the  same  to  be  filed  by 
the  clerk. 

He  shall  vote  on  all  questions. 

He  shall,  within  one  week  after  his  election, 
appoint  the  members  of  standing  committees, 
and  file  such  appointments  with  the  clerk,  who 
shall  immediately  notify  the  members  of  their 
respective  appointments. 

He  shall  be  a  member  of  the  executive  and 
finance  committees. 

SUPERINTENDENT  OF  SCHOOLS — DUTIES. 

Sec.  2.  The  superintendent  of  schools  shall, 
under  the  general  supervision  and  direction  of 
the  board  of  education,  visit  the  several  schools 


Notice  of  day 
of  election. 


Appointment  of 
officers. 


Removal  of 
officers. 


Duties  of 
president. 


Shall  vote. 

Shall  appoint 
committees. 


Member  of 
executive  and 
finance 
committees. 


Duties  of 
superintendent. 

Visit  schools. 


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Direct 

instruction. 


Maintain 

discipline. 


Report 

inefficiency  or 
misconduct  of 
employees. 


Enforce 
compulsory 
education  law. 

Perform  duties 
prescribed  by 
the  board. 


Have  stated 
office  hours. 

Recommend 
changes  in 
text  books. 


Prepare  courses 
of  study. 

Hold  meetings. 

Attend  meetings 
of  board  and 
committees. 
Report  on 
school  properties. 
Report  on 
teachers  required. 


of  the  city  as  often  as  possible,  inquire  into  the 
character  of  the  instruction,  management  and  dis¬ 
cipline,  advise  and  encourage  the  pupils  and  teach¬ 
ers,  enforce  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the 
board  of  education,  maintain  and  enforce  proper 
discipline  in  the  management  and  conduct  of  the 
schools,  and  in  connection  therewith  may  suspend 
any  pupil  alleged  to  be  guilty  of  misconduct  or 
insubordination,  and  may  likewise  suspend  any 
teacher,  principal  or  employe,  but  shall  immediate¬ 
ly  report  such  discipline  with  his  reasons  therefor 
to  the  board  of  education,  report  to  the  board 
of  education  any  inefficiency  or  misconduct  on 
the  part  of  principals,  teachers,  and  employes, 
supervise  the  enforcement  of  the  compulsory  edu¬ 
cation  law  and  direct  truant  officers  in  the  dis¬ 
charge  of  their  duties,  have  charge  of  the  school 
libraries,  and  perform  such  other  duties  as  shall 
be  prescribed  by  or  delegated  to  him  by  the  board 
of  education. 

He  shall  have  general  supervision  of  all  schools, 
buildings,  text  books,  apparatus,  teachers  and 
other  employes  of  the  board. 

He  shall  maintain  stated  and  regular  office 
hours  for  the  convenience  of  the  officers,  teach¬ 
ers,  and  the  general  public;  recommend  annually 
any  changes  in  text  books,  submitting  the  same 
to  the  board  of  education  at  its  meeting  in  May; 
provided ,  that  changes  of  text  books  shall  not  be 
made  more  frequently  than  once  in  five  years, 
except  by  a  three-fourths  vote  of  the  board ;  but 
additions  to  the  list  may  be  made  annually 

He  shall  prepare,  by  revision  or  otherwise, 
courses  of  study  for  all  grades,  conduct  or  or¬ 
ganize  such  meetings  of  officers  and  teachers  as 
he  deems  expedient ;  direct  examinations  of  pupils  ; 
attend  all  meetings  of  the  board  of  education  and 
meetings  of  its  committees,  when  desired ;  report 
from  time  to  time  the  condition  of  the  buildings, 
books  and  all  other  property  belonging  to  or  in 
charge  of  the  board;  the  need  of  additional 

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teachers,  or  the  propriety  of  reducing  the  number 
then  employed,  and  such  other  matters  as  may 
affect  the  welfare  of  the  schools. 

He  shall  nominate  in  writing  all  officers  and 
teachers  and  recommend  in  writing  all  promo¬ 
tions,  reductions  and  dismissals. 

He  shall  transfer  teachers  from  building  to 
building,  as  the  welfare  of  the  schools  may  de¬ 
mand. 

He  shall,  under  the  regulations  of  the  board, 
conduct  examinations  of  candidates  for  the  merit 
lists. 

He  shall,  in  case  of  temporary  indisposition  or 
necessary  absence  of  teachers,  procure  substi¬ 
tutes,  subject  to  the  rules  and  regulations  gov¬ 
erning  the  appointment  of  teachers. 

He  shall  prescribe  the  duties,  except  as  herein¬ 
after  specified,  and  direct  the  work  of  the  super¬ 
visors,  principals,  directors  and  heads  of  depart¬ 
ments,  in  the  standardizing  and  unifying  of  the 
educational  work  of  the  schools. 

He  shall,  from  time  to  time,  recommend  such 
change  in  the  rules  of  the  board  of  education  or 
such  legislation,  as  he  deems  the  interests  of  the 
schools  demand. 


CLERK. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  clerk  to 
notify  the  members  of  all  meetings  of  the  board 
by  causing  a  notice  thereof  to  be  served  person¬ 
ally,  or  by  mail,  upon  each  commissioner  at  least 
two  days  previous  to  such  meeting. 

He  shall  attend  all  meetings  of  the  board  and 
keep  a  record  of  the  minutes  of  such  meetings ; 
and  shall  file  in  the  office  of  the  board  all  reports, 
resolutions,  bids  of  contractors,  contracts,  ac¬ 
counts,  vouchers  and  other  papers  and  documents 
acted  upon  by  the  board,  properly  endorsed,  and 
in  form  convenient  for  reference. 


Nominate 
officers  and 
teachers,  their 
promotions,  etc. 
Transfer 
teachers. 


Conduct 

examinations  for 
the  merit  lists. 

Procure 

substitutes. 


Prescribe 
duties  of 
supervisors, 
principals,  etc. 


Recommend 
changes  in 
rules  and 
legislation. 


Duties  of  clerk 
notify  members 
of  meetings. 


Keep  record 
of  meetings 
and  reports. 


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Keep  financial 
accounts. 


Shall  file 
vouchers. 


Office  hours. 


Shall  receive 
tuition. 


Custodian  of 
petty  cash. 


Distribute  books 
and  supplies. 


Under  the  direction  of  the  finance  committee 
he  shall  keep  the  financial  accounts  of  the  school 
department  and  prepare  a  report  for  such  com¬ 
mittee  to  present  to  the  board  at  each  stated 
meeting,  showing  the  financial  condition  of  the 
department,  with  the  items  of  receipts  and  ex¬ 
penditures. 

He  shall  file  all  vouchers  for  payments  and  dis¬ 
bursements  made,  in  the  form  prescribed  by  the 
finance  committee;  and  shall  certify  to  the  board 
all  bids  submitted  for  any  work  to  be  performed, 
or  supplies  to  be  furnished  by  contract  in  accord¬ 
ance  with  the  city  charter  or  resolutions  of  the 
board. 

He  shall  attend  at  the  office  of  the  board  dur¬ 
ing  the  hours  that  the  same  shall  be  kept  open  for 
the  transaction  of  business ;  and  in  general  per¬ 
form  all  such  duties  as  pertain  to  his  position. 

He  shall  receive  the  tuition  of  non-resident 
pupils  paid  in  compliance  with  the  rules  of  the 
board,  and  receive  all  moneys  belonging  to  the 
school  department  not  otherwise  provided  to  be 
paid  to  another  officer  of  the  board,  or  other 
officer  of  the  city,  and  forthwith  deposit  the  same 
with  the  city  treasurer  to  the  appropriate  ac¬ 
counts  of  the  board,  and  shall  present  to  the 
board  at  each  regular  meeting  a  statement  of  the 
moneys  so  received  by  him,  and  the  sources  from 
which  it  was  derived. 

He  shall  be  custodian  of  the  petty  cash  of  the 
board,  pay  the  items  usually  charged  to  that  ac¬ 
count,  and  render  a  bill  each  month  for  such  ex¬ 
penditures. 

For  the  purpose  of  making  these  payments,  he 
shall  be  given  $100.00  each  month. 

He  shall  superintend  the  distribution  of  text 
books  and  supplies  to  the  several  schools  for 
which  requisitions  shall  be  made  by  the  princi¬ 
pals,  and  shall  file  such  requisitions  together  with 
a  memorandum  of  supplies  furnished  thereon. 


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The  distribution  of  text  books  shall  be  made 
previous  to  the  opening  of  each  school  term. 

He  shall  see  that  all  text  books,  supplies,  and 
other  goods  delivered  to  the  schools  on  his  orders 
are  accompanied  by  duplicate  receipts,  one  copy 
of  which  shall  be  signed  by  the  principal  of  the 
school,  or  in  his  absence  by  the  janitor,  and  re¬ 
turned  to  the  clerk’s  office,  and  the  other  re¬ 
tained  and  filed  by  the  principal. 

He  shall  attend  to  the  matter  of  making  such 
reports  as  are  required  by  law  to  be  made  by  the 
board  of  education. 

ASSISTANT  CLERK. 

Sec.  4.  The  assistant  clerk  shall  be  under  the 
direction  of  the  clerk.  In  case  of  the  absence  or 
disability  of  the  clerk  the  assistant  clerk  shall 
discharge  the  duties  of  the  office. 

SUPERINTENDENT  OF  REPAIRS. 

Sec.  5.  The  superintendent  of  repairs  shall 
have  a  general  supervision  of  all  the  school 
buildings  and  premises,  school  furniture  and 
heating  apparatus,  as  to  improvements  and  re¬ 
pairs  on  or  about  the  same,  and  shall,  when  re¬ 
quired,  act  with  or  under  the  direction  of  the 
executive  committee  in  all  cases  where  repairs 
are  to  be  made,  in  superintending  the  work  to  be 
done  and  in  procuring  the  necessary  materials 
therefor. 

He  shall  keep  regular  office  hours  each  day 
from  8  A.  M.  to  8:30  A.  M.,  and  from  4  P.  M.  to 
5  P.  M.  on  Mondays,  Wednesdays  and  Fridays, 
at  the  office  of  the  board. 

He  shall  examine  the  specifications  prepared 
for  all  building  contracts  to  be  let  by  the  board 
of  contract  and  supply,  and  report  such  changes 
and  amendments  as  in  his  judgment  should  be 
made  therein,  or  thereto,  to  secure  the  most 
thorough,  satisfactory  and  economical  perform- 


Make  reports. 


Duties  of 
assistant  clerk. 


Duties  of 
superintendent 
of  repairs. 


Office  hours. 


Examine 

specifications. 


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Pass  on 
accounts  and 
materials. 


Substitute  for 
superintendent 
of  repairs. 


ance  of  the  work  contemplated ;  and  he  shall  see 
that  all  building  and  repair  contracts  entered 
into  with  the  board  are  faithfully  executed. 

He  shall  pass  upon  all  accounts  and  demands 
for  materials  furnished  and  work  done  under  his 
supervision  or  direction,  and  no  accounts  or 
demands  for  the  same  shall  be  audited  until 
they  shall  have  been  so  passed  upon  by  him  in 
writing.  He  shall  also  aid  the  authorized  com¬ 
mittee  in  preparing  estimates  for  repairs,  both 
temporary  and  permanent,  and  for  improvements 
to  school  property  and  premises,  and  shall  file 
with  the  clerk  a  written  statement  of  any  altera¬ 
tions  or  amendments  thereto,  which  in  his  iudg- 
ment  should  be  made  with  due  regard  both  to 
the  necessity  therefor  and  the  probable  expense 
thereof,  and  perform  such  other  duties  as  the 
board  may  from  time  to  time  direct;  but  at  no 
time  shall  he  be  engaged  in  any  business  other 
than  that  connected  with  the  schools. 

In  case  of  the  prolonged  illness  or  absence  of 
the  superintendent  of  repairs,  the  board  may 
appoint  a  temporary  substitute  to  act  in  his  place 
and  to  fulfill  the  duties  imposed  by  these  rules. 


Duties  of 
attendance 
officers. 


Present 

monthly  report. 


ATTENDANCE  OFFICERS. 

Sec.  6.  The  attendance  officers  shall,  under  the 
direction  of  the  superintendent  of  schools,  per¬ 
form  such  duties  as  are  required  by  the  compul¬ 
sory  education  law,  and  by  the  rules  of  the 
board  of  education. 

They  shall  be  present  and  make  a  report  in 
writing  at  each  monthly  meeting  of  the  board, 
which  shall  set  forth  specifically  the  cases  of 
truancy  reported  to  them  and  upon  which  they 
have  acted — the  disposition  of  each  case — the 
number  of  pupils  committed  to  the  truant  school 
during  the  month — the  number  in  attendance  at 
the  time  of  such  report,  and,  so  far  as  may  be 
required,  the  facts  and  circumstances  connected 
with  each  case. 


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Such  report  shall  be  filed  with  the  clerk  and 
preserved  as  a  part  of  the  records  of  the  board. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

COM  mittees — duties. 

Sec.  1.  All  committees  shall  be  appointed  by 
the  president,  unless  the  board  shall  order  other¬ 
wise. 

Sec.  2.  The  standing  committees  of  the  board 
of  education  shall  consist  of  three  members 
each,  and  shall  be  as  follows: 

1.  Executive. 

2.  Finance. 

3.  Buildings  and  Hygiene. 

4.  Teachers. 

5.  Text  Books  and  Course  of  Study. 

6.  Libraries,  Rules,  Regulations  and  Printing. 

7.  Elementary  Schools. 

8.  High  Schools. 

9.  Extended  use  of  Public  School  Buildings. 

Sec.  3.  All  committees  to  which  any  account 
or  other  matter  may  be  referred  shall  make  a 
report  in  writing  at  the  first  stated  meeting 
after  such  reference,  unless  further  time  shall  be 
granted  by  the  board ;  and  such  committees  shall 
be  called  upon  by  the  president  for  their  reports 
in  the  order  stated  in  Article  I,  Section  9. 

Sec.  4.  Committees,  on  making  their  reports, 
shall  return  the  petition,  resolution,  account  or 
other  papers  containing  the  subject  matter  so  re¬ 
ferred,  to  be  filed  by  the  clerk. 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE.  • 

Sec.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  executive 
committee,  subject  to  the  direction  and  action  of 
the  board,  to  make  requisition  upon  the  board 
of  contract  and  supply  to  purchase  and  to  supply 

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Standing 

committees. 


Make  reports 
in  writing. 


Shall  return 
papers. 


Duties  of 
executive 
committee, 


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Action,  when 
supplies  exceed 
$250  in  cost. 


Erecting, 
improving  and 
leasing  school 
buildings. 

Prepare  schedule 
of  improvements 
and  estimates 
of  needed 
appropriations. 


Schedules  and 
estimates  to  be 
submitted. 


Clerk  shall 
furnish  each 
commissioner  and 
superintendent 
with  copy. 


Supervise 
improvements 
and  repairs. 


the  schools  with  fuel,  permanent  and  temporary 
school  furniture,  and  the  various  articles  of  sup¬ 
plies  furnished  by  the  board  for  use  in  the 
schools,  when  the  amount  of  any  single  purchase 
exceeds  in  cost  $250. 

It  shall  consider  and  report  upon  the  expe¬ 
diency  of  erecting,  improving,  repairing,  altering 
or  leasing  school  buildings  or  premises. 

It  shall,  previous  to  October  15th  of  each  year, 
prepare  schedules  of  needed  improvements, 
repairs  and  furnishings  for  the  several  school 
buildings  and  premises,  and  estimates  of  the 
amount  it  deems  should  be  appropriated  for  the 
erection,  improvement,  alteration,  repair  and 
furnishing  of  school  buildings  and  premises,  their 
insurance,  and  for  any  other  purpose  relating  to 
the  proper  maintenance  of  public  school  property 
for  the  ensuing  year. 

Such  schedules  and  estimates,  so  prepared  and 
filed,  together  with  any  statement  of  the  super¬ 
intendent  of  repairs,  or  of  the  superintendent  of 
schools,  filed  in  relation  thereto,  shall  be  submit¬ 
ted  to  the  finance  committee ;  and  at  least  three 
days  prior  to  any  meeting  at  which  the  financial 
budget  shall  be  submitted  to  the  board,  a  copy 
of  such  schedules  and  estimates,  together  with 
any  statement  of  the  superintendent  of  repairs, 
or  of  the  superintendent  of  schools,  shall  be  sent 
or  delivered  to  each  commissioner  and  to  the  su¬ 
perintendent  of  schools  by  the  clerk. 

The  executive  committee  shall  have  the  gen¬ 
eral  supervision  of  temporary  improvements  and 
repairs  on  school  buildings  or  premises  which 
may  be  authorized  or  directed  by  the  board,  and 
in  cases  of  emergency  may  authorize  repairs  and 
improvements  without  action  of  the  board,  but 
it  shall  be  Hie  duty  of  the  committee  to  report  at 
each  stated  meeting,  except  the  annual  meeting, 
and  at  such  other  times  as  the  board  shall  di¬ 
rect,  all  its  proceedings  subsequent  to  its  last  re¬ 
port,  including  all  contracts  entered  into,  the  par- 


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ties  to  the  same,  the  amount  and  nature  thereof, 
and  the  progress  of  the  same  towards  comple¬ 
tion. 


FINANCE  COMMITTEE. 

Sec.  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  finance  com¬ 
mittee  to  examine  all  accounts  and  demands 
against  the  board,  and  particularly  as  to  the 
authority  for  and  the  correctness  of  the  same,  and 
report  thereon  at  such  stated  meetings,  and  at 
such  other  times  as  the  board  may  direct ;  to  have 
supervision  of  the  financial  accounts  of  the  board 
and  to  require  the  same  to  be  properly  kept  in 
good  business  form,  so  as  to  enable  each  com¬ 
missioner  to  ascertain  at  once  the  condition  of 
each  fund;  to  determine  the  fund  from  which 
any  account  or  demand  shall  be  paid  and  to  report 
at  each  stated  meeting  all  accounts  and  demands 
audited  by  it  since  the  last  report,  with  a  brief 
statement  of  the  purposes  for  which  each  expen¬ 
diture  is  made;  and  also  the  condition  of  the 
several  funds  of  the  board. 

No  account  shall  be  audited  by  the  finance 
committee  unless  the  expenditure  for  which  the 
same  is  rendered  shall  have  been  duly  author¬ 
ized  by  the  board ;  nor  for  expenditure  in  excess 
of  the  amount  appropriated  for  the  specific  sub¬ 
ject  matter  of  such  account;  a. id  the  same  shall 
be  properly  attested  on  or  before  the  last  day  of 
each  month. 

The  finance  committee  shall  examine  and  re¬ 
vise  the  various  estimates  of  the  amounts  to  be 
appropriated  which  are  submitted  by  the  com¬ 
mittees  charged  with  the  duty,  and  report  to  the 
board  recommendations  as  to  any  changes  there¬ 
in  which  it  deems  advisable;  and  shall  prepare 
and  submit  to  the  board  the  financial  budget  re¬ 
quired  by  the  city  charter,  to  be  submitted  to 
the  mayor  and  the  board  of  estimate  and  ap¬ 
portionment. 


Examine 
accounts  and 
report  on  same. 


Require  proper 
keeping  ot 
accounts. 


Report  accounts 
and  condition 
of  funds. 

Auditing  of 
accounts. 


Examine  and 

revise 

estimates. 


Submit 

annual  budget. 


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Report  on  plans 
for  new 
buildings, 
additions  and 
permanent 
improvements. 


Supervise  health 
matters. 


Pass  upon 
eligibility  of 
all  applicants. 


Recommend 
teachers  and 
principals  for 
ensuing  year. 


Furnish 
estimate  of 
teachers’  salaries 
for  year. 


Consider  and 
report  changes 
in  text  books  and 
course  of  study. 


BUILDING  AND  HYGIENE  COMMITTEE. 

Sec.  7.  The  building  and  hygiene  committee 
shall  investigate  and  report  upon  the  advisability 
of  approval  or  disapproval  of  all  plans  and  speci¬ 
fications  for  new  buildings,  additions,  and  per¬ 
manent  improvements  to  the  school  buildings, 
and,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  board,  shall 
have  general  supervision  and  charge  of  all  mat¬ 
ters  pertaining  to  the  health  of  teachers  and 
pupils  in  the  public  schools. 

TEACHERS  COMMITTEE. 

Sec.  8.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  teachers’ 
committee,  with  the  superintendent,  to  pass  upon 
the  eligibility  of  all  applicants  for  positions  as 
principals  or  teachers  in  the  schools,  and  to  rec¬ 
ommend  to  the  board  all  applicants,  who,  in 
their  opinion,  should  be  placed  upon  the  eligible 
list,  as  provided  by  the  rules  and  regulations 
governing  the  appointment  of  teachers. 

The  committee  shall,  as  soon  as  practicable  after 
the  close  of  each  school  year,  upon  the  nomination 
of  the  superintendent  of  schools,  recommend  to 
the  board  a  full  list  of  principals  and  teachers 
for  the  ensuing  year;  but  the  appointment  of  all 
principals  and  teachers  shall  be  made  upon  the 
express  condition  that  they  hold  their  positions 
subject  to  the  rendering  of  satisfactory  service 
and  at  the  pleasure  of  the  board.  They  shall 
receive  pay  for  only  such  time  at  the  board  may 
require  their  services — at  their  regular  salary. 

On  or  before  October  15th  of  each  year  the 
committee  shall  furnish  to  the  finance  commit¬ 
tee  an  estimate  of  the  amount  of  money  required 
for  teachers’  salaries  during  the  year. 

committee  on  text  books  and  course  of  study. 

Sec.  9.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  committee 
on  text  books  and  course  of  study  to  consider 
and  report  upon  such  changes  in  the  text  books 

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and  in  the  course  of  study  as  the  superintendent 
of  schools  may  recommend  and  the  committee 
deem  expedient. 

All  changes  or  adoptions  of  text  books  shall  be 
made  at  the  regular  meetings  of  the  board  of 
education  held  in  the  month  of  June  each  year, 
notice  of  which  changes  shall  have  been  given 
and  entered  upon  the  minutes  of  a  regular  meet¬ 
ing  at  least  one  month  prior  to  final  action;  said 
notice  shall  state  the  title  of  the  book,  the  name 
of  the  author,  the  publisher,  the  list  price,  the 
proposed  discount  and  any  other  facts  pertaining 
to  the  cost  of  the  book  that  the  board  may  re¬ 
quire. 

The  committee  shall  also  have  charge  and  gen¬ 
eral  supervision  of  the  tools,  implements,  appar¬ 
atus  and  supplies  used  in  any  of  the  industrial 
education  classes  established  in  any  of  the 
schools  of  the  city. 

It  shall  cause  an  inventory  to  be  made  and  kept 
by  the  teachers  or  by  the  supervisor  of  such 
industrial  education  classes  of  all  such  tools, 
apparatus  and  implements,  as  the  same  are  pur¬ 
chased  or  otherwise  procured,  and  a  copy  thereof 
to  be  filed  with  the  clerk  of  the  board.  It  shall 
also,  from  time  to  time,  report  to  the  board  the 
progress  made  in  the  work  of  industrial  educa¬ 
tion,  with  such  recommendations  as  to  the  pur¬ 
chase  of  tools,  implements  and  supplies  as  may 
be  deemed  necessary  for  the  use  of  such  classes. 

The  committee  shall,  on  or  before  the  fifteenth 
of  October  of  each  year,  furnish  to  the  finance 
committee  an  estimate  of  the  expenses  required 
for  the  conduct  of  the  industrial  education 
classes  and  supplies  therefor  during  the  ensuing 
year. 


Text  book 
adoptions  to  be 
made  in  June. 


Have  charge  of 
tools  and  supplies 
of  industrial 
education 
classes. 


Keep  inventory 
of  tools, 
apparatus  and 
implements. 


Report  progress 
of  work. 

Recommend 
purchase  of 
tools  and  supplies. 

Furnish  estimate 
of  expenses. 


COMMITTEE  ON  libraries,  RULES,  regulations 

AND  PRINTING. 

Sec.  10.  The  committee  on  libraries,  rules, 
regulations  and  printing  shall  have  charge  of 


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Purchase  books 
for  libraries. 

H  ave  books 
classified. 


Report  condition 
of  libraries. 


Prepare  and 
recommend 
rules  and 
regulations. 


Have 

supervision  of 

elementary 

schools. 


Have 

supervision  of 
high  schools. 


the  purchase  of  all  books  for  the  school  libraries, 
subject  to  the  approval  of  the  board;  see  that 
they  are  properly  classified,  arranged  and  cata¬ 
logued,  and  that  they  are  properly  and  carefully 
used  and  preserved,  and  that  suitable  book  cases 
are  provided  in  the  several  schools. 

It  shall  report  to  the  board,  from  time  to  time, 
the  condition  of  the  several  libraries,  and  such 
rules  and  regulations  for  their  management  as 
may  be  deemed  necessary. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  this  committee  to  pre¬ 
pare  and  recommend  to  the  board  such  rules  and 
regulations,  other  than  those  relating  to  libraries, 
as  it  may  deem  expedient  and  necessary;  and  to 
report  to  the  board  all  matter  that  it  deems  nec¬ 
essary  to  be  printed,  and  it  shall  superintend  all 
printing  ordered  by  the  board. 

elementary  school  committee. 

Sec.  11.  The  elementary  school  committee 
shall  have  special  supervision  and  charge  of  the 
buildings,  grounds  and  apparatus  of  the  elemen¬ 
tary  schools.  It  shall,  from  time  to  time,  re¬ 
port  to  the  board  the  needs  of  such  schools,  to¬ 
gether  with  such  recommendations  as  it  shall 
deem  proper. 

HIGH  SCHOOL  COMMITTEE. 

Sec.  12.  The  high  school  committee  shall  have 
special  supervision  and  charge  of  the  buildings, 
grounds  and  apparatus  of  the  high  schools  and  of 
all  matters  pertaining  to  same. 

It  shall  from  time  to  time  report  to  the  board 
the  needs  of  such  schools,  together  with  such 
recommendations  as  it  shall  deem  proper. 

COMMITTEE  ON  EXTENDED  USE  OF  PUBLIC  SCHOOL 
BUILDINGS. 

Sec.  13.  The  committee  on  the  extended  use 
of  public  school  buildings  shall  have  general 

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charge  and  supervision  of  the  uses  of  school 
buildings,  other  than  for  school  purposes  and 
purposes  incidental  thereto. 

It  shall  be  the  special  duty  of  this  committee, 
whenever  school  buildings  are  used  for  purposes 
other  than  those  last  mentioned,  to  see  that  the 
buildings,  premises,  furniture,  apparatus,  and  all 
that  pertains  to  the  same,  have  proper  care  and 
use,  and  that  the  janitor  of  the  building,  or  some 
one  representing  the  board  of  education,  is  pres¬ 
ent  to  see  that  this  requirement  is  enforced.  The 
compensation  for  the  services  of  the  janitor,  or 
other  person  thus  supervising  the  care  and  use 
of  the  school  property,  shall  be  paid  by  the  per¬ 
son  or  persons  thus  using  the  same,  unless  other¬ 
wise  specifically  ordered  by  the  board  of  educa¬ 
tion. 

No  request  for  the  use  of  any  school  build¬ 
ing  shall  be  granted  unless  the  purposes  for 
which  it  is  intended  are  strictly  of  an  educational 
character,  and  in  no  case  can  an  admission  fee  be 
charged  unless  the  proceeds  go  to  the  benefit  of 
the  school  system.  All  applications  for  the  use 
of  school  buildings  must  be  referred  to  the  com¬ 
mittee  on  extended  use  of  school  buildings,  with 
power,  unless  otherwise  ordered. 

No  school  building  shall  be  used  for  religious, 
political  or  money-making  purposes,  or  for  any 
purpose  not  in  some  way  educational  and  calcu¬ 
lated  to  serve  the  general  good  of  the  city. 


Educational  building. 

Sec.  14.  The  rooms  in  the  Educational  Build¬ 
ing  shall  not  be  used  for  religious,  political  or 
money-making  purposes. 

A  written  permit  must  be  secured  from  the 
president  of  the  board  for  the  use  of  the  Edu¬ 
cational  Building. 


Have 

supervision  of 
the  uses  of 
school  buildings 
other  than  for 
school 
purposes. 


See  that 
buildings  have 
proper  care. 

Compensation 
of.  janitor  to  be 
paid  by  party 
using  building. 


Buildings  only  to 
be  used  for 
educational 
purposes. 


Applications  to 
be  made  to 
committee. 


Use  of  buildings 
restricted. 


Use  of 
educational 
building 
restricted. 

Written  permit 
required. 


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Compensation 
of  janitor. 


Additional  duties 
of  committees. 


Board  must 

authorize 

all  purchases. 


Funds  must  be 
appropriated 
and  on  hand. 


Money  shall  not 
be  collected  from 
nor  supplies  sold 
to  pupils. 


Amendments 
to  rules. 


The  compensation  of  the  janitor  shall  be  paid 
by  the  persons  using  the  building,  unless  other¬ 
wise  specifically  ordered. 


committees  generally. 

Sec.  15.  Any  standing  committee  shall  per¬ 
form  such  duties,  in  addition  to  those  herein¬ 
before  prescribed,  as  the  board  shall  from  time  to 
time  direct. 


ARTICLE  V. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Section  1.  No  committee,  officer  or  employee 
shall  make  any  purchase  for  the  department  of 
public  instruction,  unless  duly  authorized  by  the 
board,  and  any  motion  or  resolution  passed  by 
the  board  involving  the  expenditure  of  money, 
shall  become  inoperative  if  there  be  no  funds  ap¬ 
propriated  or  on  hand  for  the  purpose  desig¬ 
nated,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  finance 
committee  to  report  to  the  board  the  lack  of 
funds  necessary  to  meet  the  requirements  of  such 
motion,  or  resolution. 

Sec.  2.  No  application  for  a  permit  to  collect 
money  from  the  pupils  in  the  public  schools  shall 
be  granted,  nor  shall  the  distribution  of  tracts, 
circulars,  advertisements,  or  other  printed  matter 
not  relating  to  the  business  of  the  schools  be  per¬ 
mitted  in  or  about  any  school  building,  or  the 
sale  of  stationery,  including  pens,  pencils,  books, 
erasers,  paint  brushes,  nor  shall  the  sale  of  mer¬ 
chandise  in  any  form  be  allowed. 

Sec.  3.  Alterations  and  amendments  of  these 
by-laws  may  be  made  at  any  regular  meeting  of 
the  board  by  the  unanimous  consent  of  all  the 
members,  or  by  a  majority  of  the  members  pres¬ 
ent  and  voting  after  one  month’s  notice  of  such 
proposed  amendment. 


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RULES 

FOR  THE 

GOVERNMENT 

OF  THE 

PUBLIC  SCHOOLS 

OF  THE 

CITY  of  SYRACUSE 


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Standardize 
work  of  grades. 


Unify  work  of. 


Hold  meetings. 


Give  unity  and 
effectiveness. 

To  hold 
meetings. 


Charge  of  work 
of  kindergarten 
training  class. 


Charge  of  work 

of  training 
class. 


RULES 

SUPERVISOR  OF  GRADES. 

1.  The  supervisor  of  grades  shall  under  the 
direction  of  the  superintendent  of  schools,  have 
charge  of  the  standardizing  of  the  educational 
work  of  the  grades,  and  shall  perform  such  other 
duties  as  the  superintendent  of  schools  or  the 
board  of  education  may  direct.  He  shall  work 
to  give  larger  unity  and  general  effectiveness  to 
the  school  work  in  all  its  phases,  such  results 
to  be  secured  by  grade  meetings  of  teachers  and 
through  visits  and  study  of  conditions  and  needs, 
and  by  consultation  with  the  principals  and  teach¬ 
ers,  individually  and  as  a  body,  in  their  meetings. 

SUPERVISOR  OF  KINDERGARTENS. 

2.  The  supervisor  of  kindergarten  instruction 
shall  have  the  same  relation  to  the  work  and  the 
teachers  of  the  kindergartens  as  the  supervisor 
of  grades  sustains  to  the  work  of  the  grades.  She 
shall  strive  to  give  larger  unity  and  general  ef¬ 
fectiveness  to  the  kindergarten  work  in  all  its 
phases,  such  results  to  be  secured  by  meetings  of 
kindergarten  teachers,  through  visits  and  study 
of  conditions  and  needs  and  by  consultation  with 
the  principals  and  kindergarten  teachers. 

3.  The  supervisor  of  kindergartens  shall,  un¬ 
der  the  direction  of  the  superintendent  of  schools, 
have  charge  of  the  work  of  the  kindergarten 
training  class. 

DIRECTOR  OF  TRAINING  SCHOOL. 

4.  The  director  of  the  training  school  shall, 
under  the  direction  of  the  superintendent  of 
schools,  have  general  charge  of  the  work  of  that 
school. 

Note. — Wherever  the  masculine  pronoun  occurs 
in  these  rules ,  it  is  construed  to  apply  to  either 
male  or  female. 


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SUPERVISOR  OF  INDUSTRIAL  EDUCATION. 

5.  The  supervisor  of  industrial  education 
shall,  under  the  direction  of  the  superintendent 
of  schools,  have  charge  and  general  supervision 
of  the  manual  training,  domestic  science  and 
domestic  art  instruction  in  the  schools,  and  shall 
perform  such  duties  as  the  superintendent  of 
schools  and  the  board  of  education  may  direct. 

In  the  month  of  January  each  year  he  shall 
prepare  requisitions,  as  far  as  possible,  for  all 
supplies  needed  for  one  year,  and  no  requisition 
shall  be  considered  unless  it  has  his  written 
approval. 


SUPERVISORS  OF  SPECIAL  STUDIES. 

6.  The  supervisors  of  special  studies  shall, 
under  the  direction  of  the  superintendent  of 
schools,  have  general  supervision  of  the  instruc¬ 
tion  in  their  respective  departments. 

principals. 

7.  Each  principal  shall,  under  the  direction  of 
the  superintendent,  have  supervision  of  the  in¬ 
struction,  organization  and  management  of  all 
school  work  in  his  school  or  schools,  and  for 
these  he  shall  be  responsible,  as  well  as  for  the 
observance  and  enforcement  of  all  school  rules 
and  regulations. 

8.  He  shall  be  in  his  building  thirty  minutes 
before  the  time  of  opening  each  morning  session 
of  the  schools,  and  until  3 :30  each  afternoon 
that  the  schools  are  in  session,  when  not  engaged 
in  other  school  work  under  the  direction  of  the 
superintendent.  He  shall  attend  at  the  office  of 
the  superintendent  for  the  purpose  of  consulta¬ 
tion  at  such  times  as  the  superintendent  may 
designate. 

9.  He  shall  be  held  responsible  for  all  books 
issued  to  him  and  for  the  economical  use  of  all 
supplies. 


Charge  and 
general 

supervision  of 
manual,  training, 
domestic  science 
and  domestic 
art. 


General 
supervision  in 
respective 
departments. 


Supervision  of 
instruction, 
organization  and 
management. 

Responsible  for 
enforcement 
of  rules. 

Office  hours. 


Consult  with 
suoerintendent. 


Responsible  for 
books  and 
supplies. 


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Keep  correct 
accounts,  etc. 


Make 

requisitions. 


Prompt 

delivery. 


Duplicate 
receipts  for 
property. 


Care  for 

property, 

maintain 

cleanliness 

and  supervise 

janitors. 


Supervise 
school  during 
recesses. 

Jointly 

responsible  with 
janitor  for  safety 
and  care  of 
building.  . 
Principal  has 
authority  within 
his  building. 


10.  Each  principal  shall  keep,  according  to 
forms  approved  by  the  board  of  education,  cor¬ 
rect  accounts  and  records  of  all  matters  com¬ 
mitted  to  his  keeping  by  the  superintendent ;  such 
accounts  and  records  to  be  at  all  times  open  to 
the  inspection  of  the  members  of  the  board  and 
the  superintendent. 

11.  The  principal  of  each  school  shall  make 
requisition  upon  the  clerk  of  the  board  for  all 
text  books  and  other  supplies  to  be  used  in  his 
school.  In  the  case  of  text  books,  supplies  kept 
in  stock,  fuel  and  emergency  supplies,  if  the 
goods  are  not  delivered  promptly,  a  second  re¬ 
quisition  shall  be  made  and  a  duplicate  copy  of 
the  same  forwarded  to  the  superintendent.  In 
other  cases,  the  second  requisition  and  duplicates 
shall  be  forwarded  after  reasonable  time. 

12.  The  principal,  or,  in  his  absence,  the  jani¬ 
tor  of  the  school,  shall  receipt  for  all  text  books, 
supplies  and  other  school  property  delivered  to 
his  building.  Such  receipts  must  be  in  duplicate, 
one  copy  of  which  must  be  retained  by  the  prin¬ 
cipal  and  filed,  and  one  returned  to  the  clerk  of 
the  board. 

13.  Each  principal  and  teacher  shall  see  to  the 
safe  keeping  of  all  school  property  under  his  care. 
The  principal  shall  see  that  cleanliness  is  main¬ 
tained  in  the  school  building  and  to  this  end  shall 
make  frequent  inspections.  Careful  supervision 
of  janitors  by  principals  is  expected,  and  any 
negligence  on  the  part  of  the  former  shall  be  re¬ 
ported  in  writing  to  the  superintendent  of  schools. 

14.  The  principal  shall  supervise  the  school 
during  recesses,  appointing  such  teachers  to  as¬ 
sist  as  he  deems  expedient.  The  principal  and 
janitor  of  each  building  are  jointly  and  severally 
responsible  for  the  care  and  safety  of  the 
building. 

15.  The  principal  of  a  building  has  authority 
over  all  teachers,  pupils  and  janitors  and  their 
assistants  in  that  building,  and  it  shall  be  his 


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duty  to  see  that  all  rules  relative  to  pupils,  teach¬ 
ers  and  janitors  are  enforced. 

16.  Each  principal  shall  promptly  report  in 
writing  to  the  superintendent  of  repairs  any  dam¬ 
age  to  school  property,  or  any  repairs  needed. 

17.  In  emergencies,  when  the  school  is  not  in 
session,  such  reports  may  be  made  by  the  janitor, 
direct  to  the  clerk  of  the  board  of  education. 

18.  The  principal  shall  report  any  other  mat¬ 
ter,  or  such  as  may  need  to  come  to  the  atten¬ 
tion  of  the  higher  school  authorities,  to  the 
superintendent  of  schools. 

19.  He  shall  see  that  all  property  belonging 
to  the  schools  of  the  city  of  Syracuse  assigned 
to  him  is  properly  listed,  and  shall  be  responsible 
for  its  proper  use  and  safekeeping.  Inven¬ 
tories  of  property  and  unexpended  supplies  shall 
be  furnished  to  the  clerk  of  the  board  of  edu¬ 
cation  by  the  principals  at  the  close  of  December 
of  each  year. 

20.  The  principal  shall  see  that  all  teachers 
under  his  jurisdiction  are  promptly  notified  and 
duly  advised  as  to  all  rules  and  orders  pertain¬ 
ing  to  the  schools,  and  will  be  held  responsible 
for  the  impartial  enforcement  of  such  regula¬ 
tions;  he  shall  see  that  all  the  prescribed  records 
are  neatly,  regularly  and  correctly  kept  by  the 
teachers,  and  that  all  reports  and  returns,  re¬ 
quired  by  the  board  of  education,  the  clerk  of 
the  board  or  the  superintendent  are  promptly 
made. 

21.  The  principal  shall,  under  the  direction  of 
the  superintendent,  classify  the  pupils  in  the 
various  grades,  visit  each  class  as  often  as  prac¬ 
ticable,  endeavor  to  improve  the  methods  of 
instruction,  make  such  reports  as  may  be  required 
of  him,  and  shall  in  every  way  possible,  co¬ 
operate  with  the  superintendent. 

22.  The  principals  of  the  several  schools  shall, 
within  twenty-four  hours,  notify  the  attendance 


Report 

damage. 


Janitor  may 
report  in 
emergencies. 


Report  other 
matters. 


Property  to  be 
listed. 


Furnish 
inventories 
of  property. 


See  that 
all  teachers 
are  advised 
as  to  rules. 


Classify 
pupils  and 
visit  classes. 

Endeavor 
to  improve 
methods  of 
instruction. 

Notify  attendance 
officer  of  absentees. 


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Keep 

permanent  record. 


Entry  of 
pupils. 


Payment  of 
tuition  by 
non-residents. 


Principals 
report  to 
superintendent. 


Requisitions  for 
text  books. 


For  supplies. 

Notice  to 
superintendent 
of  need  of 
supply  teacher. 


Principal  reports 
absence  and 
tardiness  of 
teachers. 


officers,  in  writing,  regarding  all  unexcused 
absentees. 

23.  The  principal  of  each  school  shall  keep 
a  permanent  record  in  which  shall  be  entered, 
alphabetically,  the  name  of  each  pupil,  his  age, 
date  of  birth,  date  of  entrance,  whence  received, 
etc. 

24.  Upon  the  application  of  a  pupil  to  enter 
school,  the  principal  shall  ascertain  his  place  of 
residence,  and  the  school  he  last  attended,  and, 
in  case  he  has  been  registered  in  any  other  of 
the  public  schools  since  the  commencement  of 
the  school  year,  the  transfer  card  shall  be  re¬ 
quired  of  him,  and  upon  notice  of  the  principal 
entering  him,  the  registration  card  shall  be  for¬ 
warded  by  his  former  principal.  In  case  his 
parents  do  not  reside  in  the  city,  he  shall  not  be 
entered  in  the  school  until  he  presents  a  receipt 
showing  that  the  required  tuition  has  been  paid 
to  the  clerk  of  the  board. 

25.  Principals  shall  make  report  of  the  vari¬ 
ous  matters  of  record  in  their  respective  schools, 
to  the  superintendent,  at  such  times  as  may  be 
required. 

26.  Each  principal  shall,  during  the  first  week 
of  January  and  at  the  close  of  school  in  June, 
of  each  year,  send  to  the  clerk  of  the  board  a 
requisition,  as  complete  as  possible,  for  all  text 
books  needed  by  his  school  for  the  ensuing  term. 
Supplies  shall  be  ordered  monthly. 

27.  Whenever  a  substitute  teacher  is  required 
on  account  of  the  indisposition,  or  absence  of  a 
teacher  for  other  cause,  the  principal  shall  im¬ 
mediately  notify  the  superintendent  of  schools. 

28.  The  principal  shall  record  every  case  of 
tardiness  or  absence  on  the  part  of  the  teachers 
both  regular  and  special,  of  his  school,  including 
his  own,  and  report  the  same  in  the  monthly, 
term,  and  annual  reports.  In  the  monthly  report 
the  cause  of  absence  and  the  amount  of  salary 


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to  be  deducted  shall  both  be  stated.  Tardiness 
shall  be  reckoned  from  the  time  when  teachers 
are  required  to  be  in  their  respective  school  rooms 
by  the  rules  of  the  board. 

29.  With  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  super¬ 
intendent,  the  principal  may  transfer  any  teacher 
from  one  grade  of  work  to  another,  and  in  the 
high  schools  from  one  department  to  another, 
the  vacancy  thus  created  to  be  filled  from  the 
merit  list  governing  the  department  in  which  the 
vacancy  then  exists. 

30.  Principals  will  report  in  writing  to  the 
superintendent  any  teacher  who  has  been  absent 
for  a  period  of  two  months  without  leave 
granted  by  the  board  of  education. 

31.  In  case  of  the  absence  of  the  principal  of 
any  school,  the  superintendent  shall  be  imme¬ 
diately  notified  of  such  absence  and  shall  desig¬ 
nate  one  of  the  teachers  in  the  building  as  acting 
principal. 

32.  When  property  is  worn  out  and  of  no  fur¬ 
ther  use,  it  shall  be  listed  and  the  list  forwarded 
by  the  principal  to  the  clerk  of  the  board  of  edu¬ 
cation  for  such  action  as  the  board  may  deter¬ 
mine. 

Worn  out  textbooks  shall  be  collected  at  the 
end  of  each  school  year  in  the  offices  of  the  re¬ 
spective  principals,  who  shall  transmit  to  the 
clerk  of  the  board  a  certified  list  of  the  same. 
The  clerk  shall  see  that  such  books  are  promptly 
removed  from  the  school  and  properly  dis¬ 
posed  of. 

33.  Bi-weekly  fire  drills  shall  take  place  in  all 
school  buildings  from  September  to  November 
inclusive,  of  each  year,  and  once  a  month  there¬ 
after.  Such  drills  should  not  be  given  on  incle¬ 
ment  days. 

34.  No  one  shall  be  permitted  to  have  a  key 
to  any  school  building,  except  the  principal  of 

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Transfer  of 
teacher  in 
building. 


Report 
absence  of 
two  months. 


Absence  of 
school  principal. 


Worn-out  prop¬ 
erty  returned. 


W  orn-out 
text  books  to  be 
jollected  and 
reported. 


Bi-weekly 
fire  drills. 


Keys  to 
buildings. 


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the  building  and  the  janitor — including  the  jani¬ 
tor’s  assistant. 


Teacher  must 
be  in  building 
20  minutes  _ 
before  opening 
of  school. 


Shall  attend 
meetings. 

Absence  to 
be  reported 
in  writing. 


Shall  keep 
record. 


Deposit  book 
with  principal. 


Care  of 
ventilation. 


Temperatures 
of  school  room 
recorded. 

Principal  dismiss 
pupils  if 

temperature  is  low 


TEACHERS 

35.  Each  teacher  is  required  to  be  in  his  room 
at  least  twenty  minutes  before  the  time  for  the 
opening  of  school  in  the  morning,  and  at  such 
time  as  the  principal  shall  require  in  the  after¬ 
noon.  He  shall,  at  the  time  of  his  arrival  at  the 
school  building,  record  in  the  principal’s  office 
the  hour  of  arrival. 

36.  Each  teacher  shall  attend  all  meetings  to 
which  he  is  called  by  his  superior  officers.  In 
case  of  failure  to  do  so,  the  absenting  teacher 
shall  furnish  to  the  official  who  called  the  meet¬ 
ing  a  statement,  in  writing,  of  the  reason  for  such 
absence.  When  possible,  the  notice  of  the  pro¬ 
posed  absence  shall  be  prior  to  the  meeting. 

37.  Each  teacher  shall  keep  a  record  book  of 
attendance,  complete  the  entries  in  it  each  day 
before  leaving  the  schoolroom,  and  make  such 
reports  as  may  be  required.  Each  teacher  shall 
keep  a  record  of  the  proficiency  of  the  pupils  in 
studies,  making  such  entries  as  may  be  necessary. 
Immediately  after  the  annual  closing  of  the 
schools  he  shall  deposit  his  record  book  in  the 
office  of  the  principal,  taking  care  to  make  and 
to  retain  a  list  of  the  names  of  all  pupils  on  the 
rolls  at  the  close  of  the  school  year. 

38.  Each  teacher  shall  be  especially  careful  as 
to  the  ventilation  and  temperature  of  his  school¬ 
room,  shall  see  that  the  windows  are  opened  for 
the  free  admission  of  air  at  recesses,  and  shall 
be  careful  that  the  temperature  of  the  room  when 
occupied  by  pupils  shall  not  fall  below  64  nor 
rise  above  70  degrees  Fahrenheit.  The  teacher 
shall  keep  a  record  of  the  temperature  of  the 
schoolroom  and  place  the  same  on  the  blackboard 
at  9  o’clock  and  11  o’clock  A.  M.,  and  at  2  o’clock 
P.  M.,  of  each  school  day,  and  the  principal  of 
the  building  may  dismiss  a  class  whenever  the 


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temperature  has  remained  below  64  degrees  until 
10  o’clock  in  the  morning.  The  report  of  such 
dismissal  shall  be  sent  immediately,  in  writing,  to 
the  superintendent,  who  shall  promptly  investi¬ 
gate  the  cause  of  such  failure  of  the  heating 
system.  After  the  dismissal  of  a  class  for  this 
cause,  the  teacher  shall  be  assigned  to  other  du¬ 
ties  as  the  principal  or  the  superintendent  may 
see  fit. 

39.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  teachers,  at  each 
morning  and  afternoon  session,  to  notify  parents 
or  guardians  of  every  absent  pupil,  and  of  every 
case  of  tardiness  not  excused. 

40.  Pupils  must  not  be  sent  home  for  ex¬ 
cuses  when  tardy.  Such  pupils  may  be  refused 
admittance  at  the  next  morning  session  of  the 
school,  if,  by  that  time,  excuses  be  not  furnished 
for  either  absence  or  tardiness  by  the  parent  pro¬ 
vided  that  no  pupil  may  be  refused  admittance 
unless  the  proper  notice  shall  have  been  sent  ac¬ 
cording  to  the  rule.  If  the  excuse  for  absence 
or  tardiness  is  not  legal,  the  pupil  may  be  re¬ 
ceived  and  the  parent  notified  that  the  excuse  is 
not  considered  sufficient. 

Any  pupil  who  shall  have  been  absent  three 
half  days,  or  tardy  three  times,  without  rendering 
a  legal  excuse,  may  be  suspended. 

41.  The  avoidance  of  corporal  punishment,  as 
far  as  may  be  with  a  due  regard  to  obedience  on 
the  part  of  the  pupils,  is  enjoined  on  all  teachers. 
Each  case  of  corporal  punishment  with  the  reason 
therefor,  shall  be  reported  promptly,  in  writing, 
by  the  teacher  in  charge  of  the  class  and  for¬ 
warded,  through  the  principal,  to  the  superin¬ 
tendent. 

42.  Each  teacher  having  in  her  room  a  set  of 
adjustable  furniture,  will  see  to  it  that  the  seat 
and  desk  are  adjusted  to  fit  the  child  at  all  times. 
In  rooms  where  the  furniture  is  not  adjustable, 
but  where  the  furniture  may  vary  in  size,  the 


Teachers 
assigned  to 
other  work. 


Parent  must  be 
notified  of 
pupil’s  absence. 


Children  must 
not  be  sent 
home  for 
excuses. 


Notice  to  parent 
of  illegal 
absence. 


vSuspension  of 
tardy  or 
absent  pupils. 

Corporal 
punishment  to 
be  avoided. 


Furniture  to 
be  adjusted 
to  pupils. 


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Place  children 
to  best  advantage. 

Pupils  not  to 
be  sent  on 
errands. 

Gifts  to  pupils 
or  teachers 
forbidden. 


Assignment  of 
home  work. 


Home  work 
must  be 
definite. 


Annual  rating 
of  teachers. 


Shall  not 
give  private 
instruction. 


teacher  will,  as  far  as  possible,  place  children  in 
seats  and  at  desks  best  suited  to  their  sizes. 

43.  No  pupils  shall  be  sent  on  errands  outside 
of  school  buildings,  except  by  the  principal,  and 
then  only  on  urgent  school  business. 

44.  No  teacher  or  other  person  shall  be  allowed 
to  present  in  the  public  schools,  any  prize,  prem¬ 
ium  or  gift  to  any  pupil,  except  such  as  are  per¬ 
mitted  by  order  of  the  board  of  education,  nor 
shall  any  educational  employee  receive  any  gift 
from  any  pupil  or  pupils  or  their  parents,  or  one 
purchased  by  the  contribution  of  the  pupils  as 
such. 

45.  Assignment  of  lessons  for  home  study  may 
be  made  as  follows : 

3rd  grade,  15  minutes  daily. 

4th  grade,  30  minutes  daily. 

5th  grade,  45  minutes  daily. 

6th  grade,  60  minutes  daily. 

7th  grade,  75  minutes  daily. 

8th  grade,  90  minutes  daily. 

Teachers  must  not  assign  home  work  which 
will  require  more  time  of  an  average  pupil  than 
is  above  stated.  All  assignments  of  home  work 
must  be  definite  and  of  such  character  that  the 
pupil  can  do  the  work  without  assistance. 

46.  Teachers  shall  be  rated  annually  by  their 
respective  principals,  or  supervisors,  in  case  of 
special  teachers  in  the  graded  schools,  subject  to 
the  approval  of  the  superintendent  of  schools, 
who  shall  have  power  to  revise  ratings,  as  a  re¬ 
sult  of  personal  investigation. 

47.  No  teacher  shall  give  private  or  extra 
instruction  to  any  pupil  or  pupils  of  the  public 
schools  for  money  or  an}dhing  of  value  other 
than  his  regular  official  compensation  without  the 
written  consent  of  the  superintendent  first  had 
and  obtained,  which  consent  shall  not  be  given 
except  upon  the  written  request  of  the  parent  or 

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guardian.  Such  instruction  shall  not  be  given 
during  school  hours.  Permission  shall  not  be 
given  to  teachers  to  give  private  instruction  for 
money  or  gain  to  pupils  in  their  own  classes. 
The  foregoing  prohibition  shall  not  apply  during 
vacation. 

48.  Each  teacher  shall,  at  the  beginning  of  the 
school  year,  report  his  residence,  in  writing,  to 
the  principal  and  to  the  clerk  of  the  board  of 
education.  Any  change  of  residence  shall  be 
promptly  reported  to  both  of  these  officers. 

49.  No  employee  of  the  board  of  education 
shall  perform  services  for  pecuniary  or  other  con¬ 
siderations,  except  during  vacations,  in  any  busi¬ 
ness,  trade  or  occupation,  without  having  first 
obtained  the  written  consent  of  the  superin¬ 
tendent. 

Such  permission  shall  expire  at  the  end  of  the 
year  in  which  it  is  granted,  unless  renewed  by 
the  superintendent. 

Applications  of  employees  to  practice  special 
professions  shall  be  referred  by  the  superinten¬ 
dent  to  the  board  for  its  action. 

50.  All  officers,  teachers,  and  other  employees 
shall  report  for  duty  at  such  time  prior  to  the 
opening  day  of  the  schools  in  September,  as  may 
be  required  by  the  president  of  the  board  of  edu¬ 
cation  or  the  superintendent. 

51.  Teachers  will  follow  the  directions  of  the 
principal  in  all  matters  relating  to  the  welfare 
of  the  school.  They  will  be  responsible  for  the 
order  of  their  respective  rooms  at  all  times,  and, 
with  the  principal,  will  exercise  a  general  super¬ 
vision  over  the  school  premises. 

52.  Teachers  shall  faithfully  observe  the 
course  of  instruction  and  regulations  prescribed 
by  the  board,  and  continually  strive  to  excite  an 
interest  in  study  in  the  minds  of  their  pupils,  and 


Shall  not  tutor 
pupils  in 
their  classes. 


Teachers  shall 
report  residence. 


Employees 
shall  not 
engage  in  other 
business. 


Employees 
shall  report  for 

duty  when 
required. 


Must  follow 
directions 
of  principal. 

Teachers 
responsible  for 
order. 


Shall  follow 
course  of  study. 


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RUI.ES 


in  every  possible  manner  to  elevate  the  character 
of  the  schools. 

required,  unless  53.  No  teacher  or  principal  shall  require  any 
designated  by  pupil  to  purchase  any  text  book  for  use  in  school, 

board-  except  such  as  the  board  shall  designate. 

to^e^posted g!  amS  54.  Teachers  will  post  written  programs  of  the 
daily  exercises  in  a  conspicuous  place  in  their 
several  rooms. 


Size  of  classes. 


Who  are 
entitled  to 
admission. 


Permit  tc 
attend  outside 
of  district. 

Non-residents 
assigned  by 
superintendent. 


Payment  of 
tuition. 


ADMISSION  OE  PUPIES 

55.  So  far  as  practicable,  not  more  than  forty 
pupils  shall  be  assigned  to  one  teacher. 

56.  All  children  above  the  age  of  six  years, 
whose  parents  are  residents  of  the  city  of  Syra¬ 
cuse,  are  entitled  to  admission  into  the  schools, 
within  the  district  in  which  they  reside,  for 
which,  on  examination,  they  may  be  found  quali¬ 
fied  ;  and  no  pupil  who  resides  in  the  city  and 
out  of  the  district  in  which  a  school  is  located 
shall  be  admitted  to  such  school  unless  by  the 
written  permission  of  the  superintendent ;  and 
all  non-resident  pupils  may  be  admitted  to  such 
school  buildings  as  may  be  determined  by  the 
superintendent,  and  taught  in  said  public  schools, 
but  no  such  pupil,  residing  without  the  city,  shall 
be  admitted  to  any  public  school  unless  he  shall 
first  present  a  receipt  from  the  clerk  showing  that 
his  tuition  has  been  paid  ;  provided ,  that  the  entire 
amount  due  for  one  school  term,  or  any  portion 
thereof  not  less  than  the  amount  due  for  one 
half  term,  may  be  paid  in  at  one  time,  if  the 
parent  or  guardian  so  desires. 


Birth  certificates  56a.  Parents  will  be  expected  to  present  the 
presented.  birth  certificates  of  children,  when  applying  for 

their  admission  to  the  public  schools. 


Children  between  57.  Every  parent,  guardian  or  other  person 
required  to  residing  in  the  city  of  Syracuse  having  charge 

attend.  and  control  of  a  child  between  the  ages  of  seven 

and  sixteen  years  shall  cause  such  child  to  be 
regularly  instructed  in  accordance  with  and  sub- 


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ject  to  the  provisions  of  the  Compulsory  Educa¬ 
tion  Law  of  the  State  of  New  York. 

58.  Pupils  not  having  previously  attended 
school  shall  not  be  received  into  the  graded 
schools  under  the  age  of  six  years,  except  at  the 
beginning  of  the  terms  or  within  one  month 
thereafter  and  with  the  approval  of  the  superin¬ 
tendent. 

Children  may  be  admitted  to  the  kindergartens 
at  the  age  of  five  years. 

59.  No  pupil  will  be  permitted  to  attend  the 
public  schools  of  the  city  of  Syracuse  who  is 
suffering  from  any  defect  or  disease  which  ren¬ 
ders  his  presence  materially  detrimental  to  the 
welfare  or  the  safety  of  other  pupils,  nor  will 
any  pupil  be  permitted  to  attend  school  when 
such  attendance  will  materially  jeopardize  his 
own  health  and  the  condition  out  of  which  such 
jeopardy  arises  is  of  a  temporary  character. 

60.  No  pupil  shall  be  admitted  to  any  school 
or  class  who  has  not  been  duly  vaccinated  or 
otherwise  protected  against  smallpox,  nor  shall 
any  child  be  admitted  while  suffering  from,  or 
who  is  liable  to  spread  any  contagious  disease. 
A  certificate  from  the  health  officer,  issued  to 
the  principal  of  the  school,  may  in  any  case 
be  required  of  the  parents  or  guardians  of  the 
pupil,  certifying  that  such  pupil  has  been  success¬ 
fully  vaccinated  or  is  otherwise  protected  from 
smallpox  or  any  other  contagious  disease;  pro¬ 
vided,  that  after  vaccination  in  the  regular 
method  approved  by  the  health  officer  the  pupil 
may  attend  school  for  ten  days,  and  upon  the 
expiration  of  said  ten  days  such  pupil  shall  fur¬ 
nish  a  certificate  from  the  health  officer  that  said 
vaccination  has  been  successful  or  that  the  pupil 
has  been  revaccinated.  In  case  of  such  revaccina¬ 
tion  the  pupil  may  again  attend  for  a  period  of 
ten  days  thereafter,  when  further  certificate  pro¬ 
vided  for  shall  be  presented ;  provided ,  further, 
that  when  the  health  officer  shall  be  satisfied  from 


Pupils  under 
six  years 
restricted. 


Admission 
to  kindergartens. 

When  pupils 
shall  not 
attend  school. 


V  accination. 


Revaccination 


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Order  of 
admission 


successful  vaccination  or  otherwise  that  a  pupil  is 
immune  from  smallpox  or  other  contagious  dis¬ 
ease  and  shall  so  certify,  the  pupil  may  be  ad¬ 
mitted. 

61.  Applications  for  admission  shall  be  made 
to  the  principals  of  the  respective  schools. 

62.  At  the  commencement  of  each  school 
term,  the  order  of  admission  of  pupils  shall  be 
as  follows : 

(a)  The  pupils  who  were  such  at  the  close  of 
the  preceding  half  year;  provided ,  that  they  re¬ 
turn  on  the  first  school  day  of  each  term. 

( b )  Pupils  transferred  in  due  form  from 
other  school  buildings. 

( c )  Applicants  in  the  order  of  presenting 
themselves. 


Good  order  and 
cleanliness. 


Duties  of 
pupils. 


Prohibited  from 
injuring  school 
property. 


CONDUCT  OF  PUPILS. 

63.  Good  order  and  propriety  of  deport¬ 
ment,  and  cleanliness  of  person  and  attire  are 
expected  from  each  pupil.  Any  child  coming  to 
school  without  proper  attention  having  been 
given  to  the  cleanliness  of  his  person  or  dress, 
or  whose  clothes  are  unbecomingly  out  of  repair, 
may  be  sent  home  to  be  properly  prepared  for 
school.  Teachers  shall  see  that  the  above  direc¬ 
tions  to  pupils  are  faithfully  carried  out.  The 
pupil  is  required  to  keep  all  books  clean  and  in 
good  condition  and  covered,  preferably,  with 
manilla  paper,  to  arrange  neatly  the  contents  of 
his  desk,  to  enter  and  leave  the  schoolroom  in  a 
respectful  manner  and  without  unnecessary 
noise,  and  to  depart  quickly  from  the  neighbor¬ 
hood  of  the  school  immediately  on  being  dis¬ 
missed,  except  on  permission  of  the  principal. 
The  jurisdiction  of  the  teacher  shall  extend  to 
the  pupil  in  coming  to  and  going  from  school. 

64.  No  pupil  shall  mark,  cut,  scratch,  chalk 
or  otherwise  disfigure  or  injure  any  portion  of  a 
school  building  or  anything  connected  therewith. 


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He  shall  not  use  tobacco  in  any  form  at  or 
going  to  or  from  school,  use  any  profane  or 
indecent  language,  throw  stones  or  other  mis¬ 
siles,  annoy  or  maltreat  others,  nor  do  anything 
that  may  disturb  the  school  or  its  neighborhood. 
Any  pupil  materially  injuring,  destroying  or  los¬ 
ing  any  school  supply  shall  replace  or  pay  for  the 
same.  Any  damage  done  to  a  school  building  or 
any  of  its  equipments  or  surroundings  such  as 
trees,  shrubbery,  flowers,  fences,  outbuildings, 
etc.,  must  be  repaired  at  the  expense  of  the 
offender,  and  in  case  of  his  refusal  or  neglect 
to  do  so,  he  may  be  suspended  from  the  school. 
The  money  for  injuries  to  property  shall  be  pay¬ 
able  by  the  parent  of  the  child  to  the  principal  of 
the  school,  who  shall  attend  to  the  repairing  of 
the  property. 

SUSPENSIONS  AND  DISMISSALS. 

65.  A  pupil  may  be  suspended  by  the  principal 
of  a  school.  Such  suspension  shall  be  imme¬ 
diately  reported  in  writing  to  the  parent  of  the 
child  and  to  the  superintendent  of  schools. 

In  case  of  a  first  suspension  the  principal  may 
restore  the  pupil  to  his  class.  If,  in  the  judgment 
of  the  principal,  it  becomes  necessary  to  suspend 
a  pupil  a  second  time,  the  consent  of  the  super¬ 
intendent  must  be  obtained  before  the  pupil  is 
restored. 

66.  A  pupil  may  be  dismissed  by  the  superin¬ 
tendent  of  schools  or  by  a  vote  of  the  board  of 
education.  If  dismissed  by  the  superintendent, 
such  pupil  shall  have  the  right  of  appeal  to  the 
board  of  education.  Each  case  of  suspension  or 
dismissal  shall  be  immediately  reported  to  the 
parent  or  guardian. 

67.  In  case  of  a  change  of  residence,  the 
pupil  may  be  transferred  by  the  principal.  In 
disciplinary  cases  the  principal  may  transfer  the 
pupil  with  the  approval  of  the  superintendent. 
Transfers  of  pupils  between  high  schools  shall 


Shall  not  use 
lobacco  or 
profane 
language. 


Damage  must 
be  repaired. 


Suspensions. 


Restoration  of 
suspended  pupil. 


Dismissals. 


Transfers. 


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Non-payment 
of  tuition 
charges. 


Ungraded 

schools. 


Causes  for 
suspension  or 
dismissal. 


be  made  under  the  direction  of  the  superinten¬ 
dent. 

68.  A  non-resident  pupil  shall  be  suspended 
from  school  upon  the  failure  of  his  parent  or 
guardian  to  pay  tuition  when  so  certified  by  the 
clerk  of  the  board. 

69.  A  pupil  who  is  an  habitual  truant,  who  is 
willfully  and  habitually  absent  from  school,  or 
who  cannot  be  controlled  by  the  regular  school 
discipline  while  in  attendance  upon  school,  shall 
be  committed  to  a  special  or  ungraded  school  for 
instruction,  and  such  pupil  shall  be  restricted  to 
such  school  for  instruction  until  satisfactory  evi¬ 
dence  of  improvement  is  furnished  by  the  teacher 
in  charge,  whereupon  such  pupil  may  be  restored 
to  a  graded  school,  as  directed  by  the  superin¬ 
tendent. 

70.  The  following  offenses,  severally,  furnish 
sufficient  cause  for  the  transfer  of  pupils  to  un¬ 
graded  classes  or  for  suspension  or  dismissal  in 
cases  to  which  the  compulsory  education  law  does 
not  apply: 

Immoral  conduct,  indecent  language,  violent 
or  pointed  opposition  to  authority,  persistent 
disobedience  or  disorder,  habitual  tardiness, 
unauthorized  absence,  and  uncleanly  condition 
of  person  or  clothing. 


Promotions. 


Regular 

promotions. 


Special 

promotions. 


PROMOTIONS. 

71.  Promotions  of  pupils  to  higher  grades 
shall  be  of  two  classes — regular  and  special. 

(a)  Regular  promotions  shall  be  made  at  the 
close  of  each  school  term;  all  other  promotions 
shall  be  special.  In  the  elementary  schools  regu¬ 
lar  promotions  shall  include  those  pupils  only 
who  are  on  the  school  rolls  at  the  close  of  the 
term,  and  shall  be  made  by  the  teacher,  subject 
to  the  approval  of  the  principal. 

( b )  Special  promotions  may  be  made  by  the 
teacher  with  the  consent  of  the  principal,  if  sat- 


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isfactory  reasons  are  given  for  such  action.  Any 
pupil  not  regularly  promoted  from  the  eighth 
grade  to  the  high  school  may  be  specially  pro¬ 
moted  thereto  by  the  principal,  provided  that  his 
conduct  and  attendance  have  been  satisfactory, 
his  general  standing  good  and  that  there  is  not 
more  than  one  deficiency  recorded  against  him. 
Promotions  in  a  high  school  shall  be  under  the 
direction  and  control  of  the  principal  thereof. 

72.  It  is  expected  that  each  pupil  will  main¬ 
tain  a  good  and  satisfactory  standing  in  each 
subject  of  study  as  well  as  in  deportment  and 
attendance ;  if,  however,  a  pupil  shall  have 
passed  satisfactorily  in  all  studies  but  one,  but 
shall  have  fallen  below  the  passing  mark  in  that 
one,  he  may,  with  the  approval  of  his  teacher 
and  of  his  principal,  be  permitted  to  enter  the 
next  higher  grade,  on  the  condition  that  he  shall 
be  required  to  maintain  a  satisfactory  standing 
in  each  of  his  studies. 

73.  If,  at  any  time  during  the  school  term  or 
year,  it  shall  be  deemed  best  for  any  individual 
pupil  to  be  promoted  to  a  higher  grade;  or,  if 
from  lack  of  interest  or  application,  any  pupil 
shall  fail  to  accomplish  the  work  in  any  specific 
class  or  grade  satisfactorily,  the  principal  and 
the  teacher,  after  consultation  with  the  superin¬ 
tendent,  shall  have  the  power  to  grade  such 
pupil  where,  in  their  judgment,  he  properly 
belongs. 

74.  Any  pupil  having  been  twice  over  a  course 
shall  be  permitted  to  pass  to  the  next  grade,  pro¬ 
vided  his  record  shows  that  he  has  been  present 
at  least  75  per  cent,  of  the  days  of  the  term  and 
his  application  and  deportment  have  been  satis¬ 
factory. 

75.  Pupils  are  required  to  be  regular  in  their 
attendance;  and,  in  case  they  are  temporarily  de¬ 
tained  or  withdrawn  from  school  to  the  detri- 


Promotions  in 
high  schools. 


Satisfactory 
standing  in 
each  subject 
required. 


Pupils  graded 
by  principal 
and  teacher. 


Promotion  of 
pupils  repeating 
grades. 


Grading  of 

delinquent 

pupils. 


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Illegal 
absence  of 
pupils. 


Permission  of 
superintendent 
required  for 
absence  for 
music,  drawing, 
etc. 


Teacher  or 
principal  judge 
of  the  sufficiency 
of  an  excuse. 


Excused  on 
holy  days. 


No  secret 
organizations. 


ment  of  their  work,  the  principal  may,  in  his  dis¬ 
cretion,  require  them  to  recite  in  lower  classes 
until  their  delinquency  is  corrected,  and  he  may 
assign  their  seats  to  pupils  who  will  be  more 
regular  in  attendance. 

absence:  of  pupils. 

76.  Illegal  absence  is  that  for  which  the  ex¬ 
cuse  of  personal  sickness,  death  in  the  family, 
or  contagious  disease  in  the  home  cannot  be 
given.  Sickness  and  imperative  business  are 
alone  to  be  regarded  as  satisfactory  causes  of 
absence.  No  pupil  shall  be  allowed  to  be  absent 
from  school  during  the  regular  session  to  take 
music,  drawing,  dancing,  or  other  lessons,  with¬ 
out  the  written  permission  of  the  superintendent, 
and  no  pupil  shall  be  allowed  to  depart  before 
the  appointed  hour  of  leaving  school,  except  in 
case  of  sickness  or  some  other  pressing  emer¬ 
gency,  and  the  teacher  or  principal  shall  in  every 
case  be  the  judge  of  the  sufficiency  of  the  cause. 
The  teacher  may  require  excuses  to  be  made  in 
writing,  and  all  notes  of  excuse  shall  be  pre¬ 
served  until  the  close  of  the  school  year. 

77.  Teachers  will  excuse  pupils  from  attend¬ 
ance  at  school  for  such  time  as  may  be  neces¬ 
sary,  on  school  days  observed  as  holy  days  by 
the  denomination  to  which  the  parent  or  guardian 
belongs.  All  absence  from  school  on  school  days 
must  be  duly  recorded  in  the  record  books  and 
reported. 


ORGANIZATIONS  AMONG  PUPILS. 

78.  There  shall  be  no  organization  of  any  so¬ 
ciety  or  association  among  pupils  as  such,  except 
that  musical,  literary  and  athletic  societies  or 
clubs  of  open  membership  whose  boards  of  gov¬ 
ernors  shall  be  composed  of  equal  numbers  of 
teachers  and  pupils,  and  senior  class  organiza¬ 
tions  in  high  schools,  may,  upon  the  recommenda- 

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RU1.ES 


tion,  in  writing,  of  the  principal  and  the  superin¬ 
tendent  of  schools,  be  permitted  by  the  board  of 
education. 


ABSENCE  OF  EMPLOYEES. 

79.  No  employee  of  the  public  schools  shall 
be  absent  from  duty  for  any  other  cause  than 
death,  sickness,  the  presence  of  contagious  dis¬ 
ease  in  the  home,  order  of  a  court,  or  pressing 
emergency,  except  by  permission  of  the  board 
of  education,  or  as  is  hereinafter  provided.  In 
case  of  the  absence  of  teachers,  engineers,  as¬ 
sistant  engineers,  janitors,  or  caretakers,  for  any 
of  the  above-mentioned  causes,  notice  shall  be 
forthwith  communicated  to  the  next  higher 
authority,  who  shall  promptly  provide  a  substi¬ 
tute  to  be  selected  from  the  eligible  list  in  order 
of  ranking  thereon,  as  far  as  practicable ;  pro¬ 
vided,  that  in  the  absence  of  any  such  person  on 
the  eligible  list  the  most  available  person  shall 
be  selected,  and  if  no  such  person  is  available 
the  duties  of  the  absent  employee  shall  be  per¬ 
formed  by  any  competent  employee  of  the  public 
schools  not  otherwise  engaged  in  the  perform¬ 
ance  of  duty. 

80.  Any  teacher  who  shall  be  absent  from 
school  during  its  regular  session  except  as  the 
rules  of  the  board  may  provide,  shall  forfeit 
his  salary  during  the  time  of  his  absence,  and 
shall  be  liable  to  dismissal ;  provided,  however, 
that,  if  the  absence  is  caused  by  personal  illness, 
he  shall  forfeit  only  one-half  of  his  salary  for 
such  absence,  not  exceeding  two  weeks  in  any 
term;  provided,  further,  that  he  shall  not  forfeit 
any  part  of  his  salary  if  his  absence  be  due  to 
any  of  the  following  causes : 

(a)  Death  in  his  immediate  family  (parent, 
child,  brother  or  sister,  husband  or  wife)  ;  pro¬ 
vided  such  absence  does  not  exceed  four  days. 

(b)  Death  of  grandparent,  a  brother’s  or  sis¬ 
ter’s  child,  uncle  or  aunt,  brother-in-law,  or  sis- 


Employees 
shall  not  be 
absent. 


Absence  of 
teachers, 
janitors  and 
care  takers. 


Substitute  to 
be  provided. 


Employees  may 
perform 
substitute 
service. 

Teacher  absent 
forfeits  salary 
and  is  liable  to 
dismissal. 


Forfeiture  for 
illness. 


No  forfeiture. 


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Permission  to 
visit  schools. 


Extension  of 
permission. 


Report  to  be 
made. 


Leave  without 
pay. 


Not  to  be 
granted. 


Physician’s 
certificate  to 
be  filed. 


Report  of 
work  to  be  filed. 


ter-in-law ;  provided  such  absence  does  not  ex¬ 
ceed  one  day. 

(c)  Compliance  with  the  requirements  of  a 
court,  when  the  action  is  not  merely  one  of  per¬ 
sonal  benefit. 

(d)  In  case  of  quarantine  established  by  the 
board  of  health,  on  account  of  contagious  dis¬ 
ease  in  the  teacher's  home,  when  such  quaran¬ 
tine  is  not  due  to  personal  illness;  promded  such 
absence  does  not  exceed  ten  school  days  within 
one  year. 

81.  The  superintendent  of  schools  may  give 
a  written  permission  to  any  teacher  to  be  absent 
from  duty  for  the  purpose  of  visiting  other 
schools,  not  exceeding  two  school  days  in  any 
one  year,  without  the  deduction  of  compensation : 
provided ,  that  this  time  may  be  extended  at 
the  discretion  of  the  superintendent  of  public 
schools.  Provided ,  further,  That  application  for 
permission  to  visit  schools  shall  be  made  in  writ¬ 
ing  through  the  principal,  whose  approval  shall 
be  indorsed  thereon,  and  the  visiting  teacher 
shall  report  such  visits,  in  writing,  to  the  next 
higher  authority,  who  shall  forward  said  report 
to  the  superintendent  of  schools. 

82.  Leave  of  absence,  without  pay,  may  be 
granted  to  any  employee  of  the  public  schools 
upon  application  made  in  writing,  on  account  of 
personal  illness  or  for  educational  advantages : 
provided,  that  no  such  leave  of  absence  shall 
be  granted  to  an  employee  who  seeks  such  leave 
of  absence  to  engage  in  another  occupation  for 
pay  or  for  other  than  purely  educational  profit 
in  the  line  of  work  in  which  the  teacher  is  en¬ 
gaged;  that  in  the  case  of  sickness  a  certificate 
from  a  reputable  physician,  stating  the  cause 
of  absence,  shall  be  filed  at  the  time  of  the  re¬ 
quest  for  leave  of  absence,  or  extension  of  leave 
of  absence,  and  in  the  case  of  absence  for  educa¬ 
tional  advantages  a  report  of  the  work  accom¬ 
plished  during  said  leave  of  absence  shall  be  filed 


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with  the  superintendent  of  schools  at  the  time  of 
reinstatement,  and  that,  unless  otherwise  ordered 
by  the  board  of  education,  an  employee  at  the 
expiration  of  his  leave  of  absence  shall  be  ap¬ 
pointed  to  the  first  vacancy  in  any  position  for 
which  he  may  be  qualified;  provided,  further , 
That  when  reinstated  the  teacher,  if  absent  on 
account  of  personal  illness  or  for  educational 
advantages,  shall  be  restored  to  the  rolls  with¬ 
out  loss  of  longevity  pay. 

83.  No  person  shall  be  appointed  a  teacher  or 
reappointed  after  a  leave  of  absence  obtained 
for  reasons  affecting  his  health,  without  first 
passing  such  physical  examination  as  may  be 
prescribed  by  the  health  officer. 

84.  Not  more  than  two  months’  continuous 
absence  from  duty  on  the  part  of  any  employee 
of  the  board  shall  be  permitted ;  but  if  such  em¬ 
ployee,  after  a  continuous  absence  of  two 
months,  shall  be  unable  to  resume  his  duties,  a 
leave  of  absence  may  be  granted  him  by  the 
board.  A  continuous  absence  will  not  be  deemed 
to  be  broken  by  any  return  to  duty  for  a  shorter 
period  than  five  consecutive  days. 

85.  Vacancies  in  grade  and  kindergarten  posi¬ 
tions  created  by  leaves  of  absence  granted  by  the 
board  of  education  shall  be  filled  by  appoint¬ 
ments  from  the  merit  lists.  Vacancies  in  posi¬ 
tions  of  high  schools  and  of  special  teachers,  so 
created,  may  be  filled  by  the  board  at  its  discre¬ 
tion. 

86.  The  reports  of  the  attendance,  conduct 
and  scholarship  of  the  pupils  of  the  public 
schools  shall  be  prepared  by  the  teachers  upon 
forms  furnished  by  the  superintendent  of 
schools.  These  reports  shall  be  issued  four 
times  in  each  term,  and  not  later  than  the  Tues¬ 
day  following  the  close  of  each  five-week  period. 
They  shall  be  promptly  returned  to  the  schools 
with  the  signature  of  the  parent  or  guardian. 


On  return  from 
leave  teacher 
takes  first 
vacancy. 


Reinstatement 
without  loss  of 
longevity. 


Physical 

examination 

required. 


Limitation  of 
leave. 


When 

continuous 

absence. 


Vacancies 

filled. 


Pupils’  reports. 


When  issued. 


To  he  signed  by 
parent. 


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Length  of 
school  year. 


Not  school 
clays. 


President  of 
Board  may 
close  schools. 


Sessions  of 
day  schools. 


Sessions  of 
evening  schools. 


SCHOOL  YEAR  AND  SESSIONS. 

87.  The  school  year  shall  commence  on  the 
first  day  of  September  of  each  year,  and  shall 
end  on  the  last  day  of  the  following  June.  The 
schools  shall  be  in  session  on  all  week  days  of 
the  school  year,  except  the  following: 

Every  Saturday. 

From  the  close  of  the  Regents'  examinations 
in  June  until  the  second  Monday  following  Labor 
Day. 

Thanksgiving  Day  and  the  day  following. 

From  the  day  before  Christmas  Day  until  New 
Year’s  Day,  both  inclusive,  and  when  the  2nd  day 
of  January  is  observed  as  New  Year’s  Day,  it 
shall  be  included:  and  when  New  Year’s  Day 
falls  on  Thursday,  the  following  Friday  shall  be 
included. 

Columbus  Day,  Lincoln’s  Birthday,  Washing¬ 
ton’s  Birthday  and  Memorial  Day. 

Good  Friday  and  the  week  following. 

No  other  holidays  shall  be  granted  except  by 
direction  of  the  board  of  education. 

In  emergencies  the  schools  may  be  closed  by 
order  of  the  president  of  the  board  of  education. 

The  sessions  of  the  schools  shall  be  as  follows : 

Kindergarten:  9:00  A.  M.  to  11:15  A.  M. ; 
1:15  P.  M.  to  3:00  P.  M. 

Grades:  9:00  A.  M.  to  11:45  A.  M.,  with 
recess  from  10:30  to  10:40;  1:15  P.  M.  to  3:15 
P.  M.,  with  5  to  10-minute  recess  in  middle  of 
session. 

High  schools:  9:00  A.  M.  to  2:30  P.  M.,  with 
30  minutes’  intermission. 

Evening  Schools:  Elementary  classes,  7:15  to 
8:45  P.  M.  Mondays,  Tuesdays,  Wednesdays  and 
Thursdays. 

High  school  classes,  7:30  to  9:00  P.  M.  Mon¬ 
days,  Wednesdays  and  Fridays. 


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Buildings  shall  be  open  for  the  admission  of 
pupils  at  least  fifteen  minutes  before  the  time  for 
the  opening  of  school  in  the  morning. 

TUITION  CHARGES, 

88.  The  charges  per  term  (one-half  year)  for 
tuition  in  the  public  schools  shall  be  as  follows : 


Kindergarten  . $12.00 

Primary  grades,  1  to  4  inclusive, .  17.00 

Intermediate  grades,  5  to  8  inclusive, .  22.00 

High  school .  30.00 

Teachers’  training  class . . . .  30.00 

Summer  school .  5.00 


Entrance  fee  in  the  Evening  High  School  $1.00 
per  pupil,  to  be  returned  if  attendance  record  is 
75%. 


JANITORS. 

89.  All  appointments  of  janitors  and  care¬ 
takers  shall  be  made  by  the  board  of  education. 

All  janitors  and  caretakers  shall  be  appointed 
on  probation  for  a  period  not  exceeding  six 
months. 

90.  Each  janitor,  engineer,  fireman  and  laborer 
shall  be  subject  to  the  orders  of  the  principal  of 
his  building.  He  shall  be  responsible  for  all  dam¬ 
age  done  through  his  neglect  or  carelessness.  He 
shall  make  and  regulate  the  fires  in  such  manner 
as  to  have  the  rooms  properly  heated  during  school 
hours ;  notify  the  principal  in  season  when  fuel  is 
needed,  take  proper  care  of  the  heating  appa¬ 
ratus  and  see  that  the  same  is  thoroughly  cleaned 
at  the  close  of  school  in  June  ;  sweep,  dust  and 
wash  the  rooms,  halls  and  windows ;  keep  the 
water  closets  and  lavatories  clean  and  in  good 
order  at  all  times ;  keep  the  sidewalks,  play- 
grounds  and  grass  plots  in  a  cleanly  condition 
and  see  that  trees  and  shrubs  thereon  are  prop¬ 
erly  trimmed ;  guard  the  building,  furniture, 
fences  and  grounds ;  see  that  the  windows,  doors 


Buildings  open 
15  minutes 
before  school. 


Tuition  charges. 


Entrance  fee  for 
evening  high 
school. 


Aopointed  on 
recommendation 
of  committee. 
On  probation 
for  six  months. 


Subject  to 
principals. 


Duties. 


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To  make 
repairs. 


Assignment  of 
work  to  part 
time  employees. 


Shall  not  be 
absent  when 
healing  apparatus 
is  in  use. 

Rooms  to  be 
swept  and  dusted 
daily. 

Basement  to  be 
kalsomined. 

Leave  of  absence 
for  janitor. 


Supervision  of 
buildings  to  be 
provided  for. 


Non-payment 
of  debts. 


and  gates  are  securely  fastened  when  the  school 
is  not  in  session ;  receipt  for  all  materials  deliv¬ 
ered  and  keep  a  faithful  record  of  same.  He 
shall  promptly  make  such  repairs  as  he  is  able 
to  make  and  report  to  the  principal  all  other 
repairs  needed,  and  do  such  other  work  as  prop¬ 
erly  belongs  to  the  janitor,  such  as  washing  ink 
wells,  providing  water  for  the  use  of  the 
teachers  and  rupils,  assisting  in  maintaining 
order  and  going  on  official  errands  for  the  prin¬ 
cipal  when  the  heating  apparatus  is  not  in  use. 

Employees  whose  work  does  not  continue 
throughout  the  year,  such  as  engineers,  firemen, 
etc.,  may,  when  not  occupied  with  their  regular 
duties,  be  assigned  to  other  work  by  the  principal. 

91.  The  janitor  in  a  steam  or  furnace-heated 
building  shall  not  be  absent  under  any  circum¬ 
stances  during  school  hours  when  the  heating 
apparatus  is  in  use. 

92.  All  rooms  in  use  are  to  be  swept  daily 
after  school,  and  dusted  with  cloths  before  8:30 
in  the  morning. 

93.  At  least  once  each  year  he  shall  kalsomine 
the  basement  walls. 

94.  Janitors  in  charge  of  buildings,  engineers, 
firemen  and  laborers  will  be  allowed  a  two  weeks’ 
leave  of  absence,  between  June  30  and  September 
1,  arrangement  for  the  same  to  be  made  with  the 
clerk  of  the  board  of  education  upon  the  filing 
of  the  proper  application.  Such  leave  will  be 
granted  only  at  convenient  times  and  upon  condi¬ 
tion  that  the  janitor  arrange  for  the  proper 
supervision  of  his  building  during  his  absence. 

CONDUCT  OF  EMPLOYEES. 

95.  The  board  of  education  will  take  no  cog¬ 
nizance  of  complaints  against  an  employee  for 
non-payment  of  debts,  so  far  as  the  creditor  is 
concerned.  An  employee  whose  services  are 
otherwise  satisfactory,  and  who  contracts  a  debt 


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on  the  strength  of  his  official  position,  and  then, 
without  sufficient  reason,  neglects  or  avoids  pay¬ 
ment  thereon,  may  be  liable  to  dismissal.  Com¬ 
plaints  of  this  character  will  be  considered  in  the 
employee’s  official  rating. 

The  use  of  tobacco  by  any  employee  in  or  about 
a  school  building  is  prohibited. 


SUSPENSIONS  AND  DISMISSALS  OF  EMPLOYEES. 

96.  The  superintendent  of  schools  shall  be 
authorized  to  suspend  temporarily  any  employee 
of  the  schools,  for  cause,  subject  to  report  in 
writing  to  the  board  of  education  at  its  next 
regular  or  special  meeting.  Any  person  under 
suspension  by  order  of  the  superintendent  of 
schools  may  appeal  to  the  board  at  its  regular 
or  special  meeting.  The  grounds  of  appeal  shall 
be  stated  in  writing  and  shall  be  filed  with  the 
clerk  of  the  board  at  least  24  hours  prior  to  the 
meeting. 

97.  Any  employee  who  shall  be  absent  from 
duty  without  leave  may  be  suspended  by  the 
superintendent  of  schools  and  dismissed  by  the 
board.  The  suspension  from  duty  of  any  em¬ 
ployee  shall  also  involve  deduction  of  compensa¬ 
tion  from  the  date  of  suspension,  unless  other¬ 
wise  ordered  by  the  board. 

98.  The  violation  of  any  of  the  rules  of  the 
board  of  education ;  disobedience  or  neglect  of 
the  orders  of  those  in  authority;  any  other  of¬ 
fenses  against  good  order  or  morality;  or  inabil¬ 
ity  to  perform  satisfactorily  the  duties  of  his 
position  on  the  part  of  any  employee  of  the 
board,  shall  be,  any  or  all  of  them,  considered 
cause  for  suspension  by  the  superintendent  of 
schools  or  dismissal  by  the  board.  The  suspen¬ 
sion  of  any  employee  shall  extend  only  to  the 
next  meeting,  regular  or  special,  of  the  board 
of  education,  unless  otherwise  ordered  by  the 
board. 


Use  of  tobacco 
prohibited. 


Superintendent 
may  suspend 

employees. 


Appeal  may 
be  taken. 


Employee  absent 
without  leave 
may  be 
suspended. 


Causes  for 
suspension  or 
dismissal 


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Regular  order  of 
communications. 


Order  of 
transmittal  of 
communications. 


Business 

communications. 


Order  of 
appeals. 


Decision 

stands. 


Ten  days* 
notice  of 
resignation 
is  required. 


ORDER  OF  TRANSMITTAL  OF  OFFICIAL  COMMUNICA¬ 
TIONS. 

99.  All  official  communications  of  whatever 
nature  from  teachers  or  other  employees  of  the 
board  of  education,  except  such  as  are  elsewhere 
in  these  rules  otherwise  provided  for,  shall  be 
sent  first  to  the  person  next  higher  in  authority 
for  his  action ;  and  all  communications  to  the 
board  of  education  from  any  of  its  employees, 
shall  be  transmitted  in  regular  order  to  the 
superintendent  of  schools,  who  shall  present  the 
same  to  the  board,  with  or  without  his  approval. 

The  order  of  transmittal  shall  be : 

In  the  schools,  from  the  teacher,  janitor  or 
other  employee  to  the  principal,  the  superintend¬ 
ent,  the  board  of  education. 

In  the  special  departments,  from  the  special 
teacher  to  the  director,  the  superintendent,  the 
board  of  education. 

Communications  on  business  matters  shall  be 
sent  through  the  regular  channels  to  the  clerk  of 
the  board. 


APPEALS. 

100.  Appeals  may  be  taken  from  the  decision 
of  any  principal  or  director  to  the  superintendent, 
and  finally  to  the  board  of  education  in  the  order 
named. 

Pending  an  appeal  the  decision  stands. 

RESIGNATIONS. 

101.  Every  resignation  of  any  teacher  or  em¬ 
ployee  of  the  public  schools  of  the  city  of  Syra¬ 
cuse  must  be  submitted  to  the  superintendent  at 
least  ten  days  before  the  same  is  intended  to 
take  effect,  under  penalty  of  forfeiting  any- 
accrued  salary  or  pay,  upon  the  recommendation 
of  the  superintendent  of  schools,  for  a  period 
not  to  exceed  ten  days. 


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102.  Should  a  female  teacher  marry,  her  place 
shall  thereupon  become  vacant. 


Female  teacher 
vacates  position 
by  marriage. 


FLAGS. 

103.  On  all  school  days  and  legal  holidays  of 
the  nation  and  of  the  state  flags  shall  fly  at  full 
staff  from  all  school  buildings  from  8:30  A.  M.  to 
4:30  P.  M.  On  Memorial  Day  the  flag  shall  be 
placed  at  half  staff. 

On  the  death  of  any  teacher  in  active  service 
the  flag  on  the  building  in  which  the  teacher  has 
recently  taught  shall  be  half-masted  on  the  day 
of  the  funeral. 

Flags  shall  be  properly  housed  at  the  end  of 
each  school  day. 

athletics. 

104.  The  control  of  all  inter-high  school  ath¬ 
letics  shall  be  vested  in  the  high  school  principals, 
acting  as  a  board.  They  shall  be  responsible, 
acting  jointly,  for  the  enforcement  of  all  rules 
relating  to  inter-high  school  athletic  interests. 

They  shall  report  in  writing  to  the  superin¬ 
tendent  of  public  schools,  for  his  approval,  all 
rules  and  modifications  of  such  rules  as  may  be 
made  from  time  to  time.  They  may  delegate 
such  responsibility  in  the  making  and  execution 
of  rules  and  in  the  management  of  inter-high 
school  athletics  as  they  may  deem  expedient,  to 
a  board  of  faculty  advisers,  said  board  to  con¬ 
sist  of  one  member  of  the  faculty  of  each  school 
to  be  appointed  by  the  principal  of  the  school. 

The  control  of  all  inter-elementary  school  ath¬ 
letics  shall  be  vested  in  the  principals  of  the  par¬ 
ticipating  schools  and  the  supervisor  of  physical 
education  acting  as  a  board.  They  shall  follow 
the  same  procedure  regarding  the  making  and 
enforcement  of  rules  as  is  followed  in  the  con¬ 
trol  of  inter-high  school  athletics. 

The  superintendent  of  schools  shall  report  all 
rules,  approved  by  him,  to  the  board  of  educa- 


Hours  flags 
shall  fly. 


Flags  at 
half-mast. 


Housing  of 
flags. 


Control  of 
high  school 
athletics. 


Superintendent 
to  report  rules 
for  ratification. 


Board  of 
faculty  advisers. 


Control  of 
elementary 
school 
athletics. 


Shall  report 
rules. 


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Salaries 
determined  by 
board  of 
education  and 
board  of  estimate. 

Payment  of 
salaries. 


Present  salary 
schedule. 


Increases  date 
from  beginning 
of  term. 


tion,  whose  ratification  of  them  shall  be  final  and 
shall  be  entered  upon  the  records  of  the  board 
of  education. 


SALARIES. 

105.  The  salaries  of  all  employees  in  the  pub¬ 
lic  schools  shall  be  determined  by  the  board  of 
education,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  board 
of  estimate  and  apportionment. 

The  annual  salaries  of  principals  and  teachers 
shall  be  paid  in  ten  equal  payments,  beginning 
October  1  of  each  year. 

The  salaries  of  all  other  officers  and  employees 
shall  be  paid  in  twelve  equal  payments. 

The  present  schedule  of  salaries  is  as  follows : 
Kindergarten  and  Grade  Teachers 

Minimum  .  $400.00 

Annual  increase . 50.00 

Maximum  .  750.00 

High  School  Teachers 
Men 

Minimum  . 

Annual  increase 
Maximum  . 


Women 

Minimum  .  550.00 

Annual  increase .  50.00 

Maximum  .  950.00 

Special  Teachers 

Men  .  1,000.00 

Women  .  850.00 


106.  All  increases  starting  between  the  begin¬ 
ning  and  end  of  any  term  shall  date  from  the 
beginning  of  said  term. 

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1,000.00 

100.00 

1,600.00 


RULES 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

107.  All  persons  connected  with  the  public 
schools  are  hereby  forbidden  to  furnish  to  any 
person  or  persons  not  connected  with  said 
schools  or  to  those  connected,  except  for  school 
purposes,  any  list  or  lists  of  the  pupils,  teachers 
or  other  employees  therein,  or  their  addresses, 
unless  by  special  permission  of  the  board. 

108.  Subscriptions  for  papers,  books,  publica¬ 
tions  and  other  articles  and  canvass  for  the  sale 
of  any  article  within  a  school  building  shall  not 
be  permitted  at  any  time,  except  that  agents  for 
regular  school  text  books  and  periodicals  may 
visit  the  offices  of  principals.  Pupils  when  au¬ 
thorized  by  their  principals,  may  solicit  subscrip¬ 
tions  for  their  own  school  periodicals  and  for 
their  athletic  associations. 

No  other  subscriptions  or  contributions  by  pu¬ 
pils  shall  be  permitted  except  by  consent  of  the 
board  of  education. 

109.  No  pupil  may  be  solicited  in  any  manner 
for  subscriptions  or  contributions  for  any  pur¬ 
pose  except  for  regularly  organized  or  author¬ 
ized  public  literary  and  athletic  clubs  of  their 
respective  schools,  without  the  permission  of  the 
board  of  education. 

Application  to  pupils  of  the  public  schools  or 
to  their  parents  through  them,  through  the  is¬ 
suance  of  circulars,  tickets,  and  subscription  lists, 
or  in  any  other  manner,  for  contributions  or 
other  aid  toward  any  purpose  whatever,  is  pro¬ 
hibited.  The  giving  of  concerts,  fairs,  lunches, 
or  other  entertainments  for  money  in  any  school 
building  is  prohibited,  except  by  permission  of 
the  superintendent  of  schools. 

110.  The  pupils  of  the  schools  shall  not  as  or¬ 
ganized  bodies  be  permitted  to  engage  in  any  con¬ 
cert  or  public  entertainment  outside  of  school, 
or  excursion,  without  permission  of  the  superin¬ 
tendent  of  schools. 


Furnishing 
lists  of  pupils, 
teachers,  etc., 
orohibited. 


Subscriptions  for 
papers,  etc., 
within  schools 
forbidden. 


No  subscriptions 
except  by 
consent  of 
board. 

Soliciting 

subscriptions. 


Concerts, 
entertainments, 
etc.,  only  by 
permission  of 
the 

superintendent. 


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No  mail  to  be 
delivered  to 
pupils  at  school. 

Teachers  must 
co-operate  with 
medical 
inspector. 


Complaints  to  be 
made  to  the 
principal  or 
superintendent. 


111.  No  mail  shall  be  delivered  to  pupils  at 
school  buildings,  except  in  connection  with 
authorized  publications  and  athletics. 

112.  Teachers  and  principals  are  expected  to 
co-operate  in  every  way  with  the  medical  in¬ 
spectors  and  the  health  officer  in  making  effective 
the  provisions  of  the  rules  regulating  the  medical 
inspection  of  pupils. 

113.  All  complaints  against  the  regulations 
prescribed  by  this  board  for  the  government  of 
schools,  or  against  individual  teachers  in  the  dis¬ 
charge  of  their  duties  in  carrying  out  these  regu¬ 
lations,  shall  be  made  to  the  principal  or  to  the 
superintendent  of  schools,  and  teachers  shall  not 
permit  their  time  and  that  of  their  classes  to  be 
encroached  upon  during  school  hours  by  receiv¬ 
ing  complaints  from  and  making  explanations  to 
the  patrons  of  the  school,  but  sha1!  in  a  courteous 
way  and  as  briefly  as  possible  refer  them  to  one 
of  the  above  named  officers. 


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RULES 

GOVERNING 

TRAINING  CLASSES 

APPOINTMENT  oj 
TEACHERS 

AND 

MERIT  LISTS 


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When 

organized. 


Course  to  cover 
requirements 
of  state 
education 
department. 


Teachers 
appointed  from 
merit  lists. 


Board  reserves 
right  to  appoint 
male  or  female. 


Requirements  for 
grade  or 
kindergarten 
teacher. 


Requirements  for 
high  school 
teachers. 


Certificate  of 
state  education 
department 
necessary. 


TRAINING  CLASS 

ARTICLE  I. 

teachers’  training  classes. 

Sec.  1.  Teachers’  training  classes  shall,  if 

practicable,  be  organized  in  January  and  Septem¬ 
ber  of  each  year. 

Sec.  2.  Members  of  the  teachers’  training 

classes  shall  pursue  the  course  of  study  and  meet 
all  requirements  in  the  matter  of  scholarship, 
training  and  experience  as  provided  by  the  rules 
of  the  state  education  department. 

ARTICLE  II. 

APPOINTMENT  0E  TEACHERS. 

Sec.  1.  All  kindergarten,  grade  and  high 

school  teachers,  except  supervisors,  principals, 
vice-principals,  heads  of  departments,  and  com¬ 
mercial,  manual  training,  domestic  science,  domes¬ 
tic  art  and  drawing  teachers  shall  be  appointed 
from  the  persons  on  the  merit  lists  in  the  order 
of  their  rating.  In  making  appointments,  if  the 
person  at  the  head  of  the  merit  list  is  not  avail¬ 
able,  the  next  shall  be  chosen.  The  right  is  re¬ 
served  in  every  case  to  name  the  highest  male  or 
the  highest  female  candidate,  according  as  the 
board  of  education  shall  determine  that  a  male 
or  a  female  teacher  is  required  for  the  specific 
position. 

A  candidate  for  a  kindergarten  position  or  for 
a  grade  position  must  be  a  graduate  of  a  high 
school  of  approved  standing  or  must  show  the 
equivalent  qualifications. 

A  candidate  for  a  high  school  position  must  be 
a  graduate  of  a  college  or  of  a  normal  school  of 
approved  standing  and  must  have  had  at  least 
two  years’  successful  experience  in  teaching  high 
school  subjects. 

Every  candidate  must  possess  a  certificate 
issued  or  indorsed  by  the  state  education  de¬ 
partment  entitling  him  to  teach  in  the  department 


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MERIT  LISTS 


for  which  he  has  made  application  in  the  schools 
of  cities  of  the  second  class. 


merit  lists. 

Sec.  2.  There  shall  be  merit  lists  of  kinder¬ 
garten,  grade  and  high  school  teachers  respect¬ 
ively.  The  high  school  merit  list  shall  be  divided 
into  department  lists  of  ancient  and  modern  lan¬ 
guages,  mathematics,  science,  history  and  Eng¬ 
lish,  but  no  candidate  shall  be  rated  on  more  than 
two  of  the  departmental  merit  lists. 

Applicants  on  said  merit  lists  shall  be  graded 
upon  the  following  qualifications : 

General  scholarship,  including  profes¬ 


sional  training . 30  credits 

Teaching  ability,  including  discipline 
and  management . 40  credits 

General  merit  and  fitness . 30  credits 


The  mark  in  general  scholarship  and  profes¬ 
sional  training  shall  be  determined  by  written 
tests  to  be  given  by  a  committee  of  three  or  more 
to  be  nominated  by  the  superintendent  of  schools 
and  approved  by  the  board  of  education.  Except, 
that  the  mark  in  general  scholarship  and  profes¬ 
sional  training  of  graduates  of  the  Syracuse 
training  school  shall  be  given  b}^  the  faculty  of 
that  school,  based  upon  the  work  of  the  candi¬ 
dates  during  the  entire  training  school  course, 
and  such  mark  shall  stand  in  lieu  of  the  written 
test  above  named  for  a  period  of  two  years  from 
the  date  of  examination,  after  which  the  candi¬ 
date  may  elect  to  enter  the  written  tests  or  retain 
the  training  school  mark,  provided,  that  no  such 
rating  shall  be  given  to  any  graduate  from  the 
Syracuse  training  school  prior  to  January  1,  1912. 

The  ratings  given  by  the  faculty  of  the  train¬ 
ing  school  and  the  reports  of  the  above  named 
committee  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  super- 


Merit  lists 
include 
kindergarten, 
grade  and  high 
school  teachers. 
High  school  lists 
divided  into 
departments. 


Merit  list 
examination. 


Written 
examination  in 
general 

scholarship  and 

professional 

training. 


Appointment  of 
committee. 
Syracuse  training 
class  graduates 
rated  by  faculty 
in  lieu  of 
examination. 


Ratings  to  be 
filed  in  office  of 
superintendent. 


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MERIT  LISTS 


Candidate  may 
know  rating 
and  inspect 
papers. 


intendent  of  schools  and  shall  be  open  to  inspec¬ 
tion  by  the  members  of  the  board  of  education. 
Any  candidate  on  request  shall  be  informed  of 
his  rating  and  may  inspect  the  papers  which  he 
has  written. 


Subjects  reauired 
of  high  school 
candidates. 


Committee  to 
determine 
teaching 
ability. 


Committee  may 

consider 

certificates. 


Candidates  for  high  school  positions  will  be  re¬ 
quired  to  take  examinations  in  two  different  sub¬ 
jects.  Those  electing  “science”  as  one  of  their 
subjects  will  be  required  to  take  two  scientific 
subjects,  e.  g.  chemistry  and  physics,  chemistry 
and  biology,  physics  and  zoology,  physics  and 
physical  geography,  or  any  other  combination  of 
scientific  subjects  taught  in  the  high  schools. 
The  other  subject  chosen  may  be  a  third  science. 

Teaching  ability  shall  be  determined  by  a  com¬ 
mittee  of  three  or  more  to  be  nominated  by  the 
superintendent  of  schools  and  approved  by  the 
board  of  education.  As  far  as  practicable,  such 
ability  shall  be  ascertained  from  the  actual  teach¬ 
ing  of  the  candidate  in  the  presence  of  the  com¬ 
mittee  in  the  kind  of  work  for  which  the  candi¬ 
date  has  made  application.  The  committee,  how¬ 
ever,  may  at  its  discretion  consider  the  certifi¬ 
cates  of  well-known  educators  who  have  personal 
knowledge  of  the  teaching  ability  of  the  candi¬ 
dates  to  whom  they  certify. 


Committee  to  The  general  merit  and  fitness  of  the  candidates 

meri^and  genera  shall  be  determined  by  a  committee  consisting 
fitness.  of  the  superintendent  of  schools  and  two  others 

to  be  nominated  by  the  superintendent  and 
approved  by  the  board  of  education. 


^nderderane°*al  determining  the  general  merit  and  fitness  of 

nieritr  anTei  a  a  candidate,  the  committee  shall  consider  his 

fitness.  education,  both  general  and  professional ;  his 

experience  in  teaching,  his  general  reputation  as 
a  man  and  as  a  teacher,  his  personal  appearance, 
his  general  health,  and  his  apparent  ability  to 
organize  classes,  interest  and  manage  pupils,  as 
well  as  all  other  matters  that  go  to  make  a  suc¬ 
cessful  teacher. 


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MERIT  USTS 


Examinations  for  the  merit  list  shall  be  held 
in  November  and  December  of  each  year.  No 
candidate  shall  be  rated  on  the  merit  list  who 
has  not  personally  appeared  before  the  commit¬ 
tee  and  actually  conducted  a  class  in  teaching  in 
the  line  of  work  for  which  he  has  applied. 

A  candidate  who  shall  desire  to  take  the 
examination  for  the  merit  list  shall  notify  the 
superintendent  of  schools  in  writing  to  that  effect 
on  or  before  November  1st  preceding  the  exam¬ 
ination. 

No  candidate's  name  shall  be  placed  upon  the 
merit  list  whose  general  rating  is  below  75 
credits.  No  candidate’s  name  shall  be  retained 
on  the  merit  list  for  a  longer  period  than  two 
years  without  re-examination. 

Candidates  whose  names  are  now  (1912)  on 
the  merit  list  and  who  do  not  wish  to  be  re¬ 
examined  at  the  next  regular  examination 
period,  will  not  have  their  names  retained  on  the 
merit  list  after  the  next  merit  list  has  been 
adopted  by  the  board  of  education. 

As  far  as  practicable,  a  new  merit  list  shall 
be  adopted  by  the  board  of  education  at  its 
regular  meeting  in  February  of  each  year. 

Any  candidate  on  the  merit  list  may  be  re¬ 
rated  at  the  annual  examination  of  candidates, 
provided  he  has  filed  with  the  superintendent  of 
schools  before  November  1st  preceding  the 
examination,  a  request  for  re-examination. 

In  the  event  of  a  vacancy  for  which  the  merit 
lists  provide  no  properly  qualified  eligible,  the 
superintendent  of  schools  is  authorized  and 
directed  to  conduct  such  examination  along  lines 
specified  in  the  present  rules  as  may  be  necessary 
to  secure  a  properly  qualified  teacher  for  such 
position. 


Time  of 
examinations. 


Presence  of 

candidate 

required. 


Candidate  must 
notify 

superintendent. 


Rating  must  be 
75%  or  over. 


Re-examination 
required  after 
two  years. 

Names  on  old 
list s  not 
continued. 


New  lists 
in  February 
each  year. 


Re-rating  of 
candidates. 


In  absence  of 
eligible  to 
fill  vacancy, 
superintendent 
will  hold 
examination. 


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SUBSTITUTE  TEACHERS 


Substitute  teachers 
order  of 
nomination. 


Designation  in 
absence  of 
available  party  on 
merit  list. 

Pay  of  substitute 
teachers. 


Sec.  3.  Substitute  teachers  shall  be  named  by 
the  superintendent  of  schools.  As  far  as  practica¬ 
ble  such  teachers  shall  be  given  work  in  the  order 
of  their  ratings  on  the  merit  list.  However,  when 
no  teachers  on  the  merit  list  are  available  for 
substitute  work,  the  superintendent  may 
designate  any  person  who  is  eligible  to  teach 
under  the  rules  governing  Section  1  of  this 
Article. 

Substitute  teachers  shall  be  paid  such  per  diem 
salary  as  shall  be  determined  by  the  board  of 
education. 


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LA  W 

GOVERNING 

THE 

PUBLIC  TEACHERS’ 
RETIREMENT  FUND 

FOR  THE 

CITY  of  SYRACUSE 


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teacher's  RETIREMENT  fund 
CHAPTER  750-Laws  of  1897. 

AN  ACT  to  amend  chapter  twenty-six  of  the 
laws  of  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-five,  en¬ 
titled  “An  act  to  revise,  amend  and  consoli¬ 
date  the  several  acts  in  relation  to  the  city  of 
Syracuse,  and  to  revise  and  amend  the  charter 
of  said  city/’  establishing  a  fund  for  pension¬ 
ing  retired  school  teachers,  and  regulating  the 
collection  and  management  thereof. 

Accepted  by  the  City. 

Became  a  law  May  22,  1897,  with  the  approval 
of  the  Governor.  Passed — three-fifths  being 
present. 


General 

management  of 
fund. 


Pay  annuities. 
Make  rules  and 
regulations. 


Creation  of 
fund. 


The  People  of  the  State  of  New  York,  repre¬ 
sented  in  Senate  and  Assembly,  do  enact  as 
follows: 

Sec.  1.  Title  eleven  of  chapter  twenty-six  of 
the  laws  of  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-five  is 
hereby  amended  by  adding  thereto  a  new  section 
to  read  as  follows : 

Sec.  183a.  Sub.  1.  The  board  of  education 
and  superintendent  of  schools  of  the  city  of 
Syracuse  shall  constitute  a  board  of  trustees  who 
shall  have  the  general  care  and  management  of 
the  public  school  teachers’  retirement  fund 
created  by  this  act.  The  said  board  of  trustees 
is  empowered  to  make  payment,  from  said  fund, 
of  annuities  granted  in  pursuance  of  this  act; 
to  take  all  necessary  and  proper  action  in  the 
premises ;  and  to  make  such  rules  and  regulations 
for  the  administration  and  investment  of  said 
fund  as  it  may  deem  best,  except  that  neither 
the  whole  nor  any  part  of  said  fund  shall  be  in¬ 
vested  in  any  manner  otherwise  than  as  the 
savings  banks  of  the  State  of  New  York  are  by 
law  permitted  to  invest  their  funds. 

Sub.  2.  The  public  school  teachers'  retirement 
fund  created  by  this  act  shall  consist  of  the  fol- 


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TEACHERS  RETIREMENT  FUND 


lowing  moneys  with  interest  or  income  there¬ 
from,  to  wit: 

(a)  All  money,  pay,  compensation  or  salary 
forfeited  by  or  deducted  from  the  salary  of  any 
superintendent,  supervisor,  principal  or  teacher 
employed  in  the  public  schools  of  Syracuse,  for 
any  absence  from  duty  for  any  cause ;  but  when 
the  duties  of  such  absent  person  are  performed 
by  a  supply  teacher,  the  amount  of  salary  so  de¬ 
ducted  shall  first  be  applied  toward  the  payment 
of  such  supply  teacher. 

(b)  All  donations,  legacies  and  gifts  which 
shall  be  made  to  said  fund. 

(c)  An  amount  not  to  exceed  one  per  centum 
per  annum  of  the  respective  salaries  paid  to  the 
superintendent  of  schools,  supervisors,  principals 
and  teachers  regularly  employed  in  the  public 
schools  of  Syracuse. 

(d)  All  money  which  may  be  obtained  from 
other  sources,  or  by  other  means  duly  and 
legally  devised  for  the  increase  of  said  fund,  by 
said  board  of  trustees,  or  with  their  consent. 

Sub.  3.  The  board  of  education,  in  making  the 
pay-rolls  for  the  superintendent,  supervisors, 
principals  and  teachers  hereinbefore  mentioned, 
shall  semi-annually  deduct  from  the  salary  of 
each  of  said  persons,  a  sum  not  to  exceed  one 
per  centum  of  his  or  her  annual  salary  and  shall 
certify  the  amount  of  such  deductions  and 
and  names  of  the  persons  from  whose  salaries 
such  deductions  have  been  made ;  and  such  cer¬ 
tificate  shall  accompany  the  pay-roll  and  a  war¬ 
rant  for  the  amount  of  deduction  so  certified  shall 
be  drawn  payable  to  the  city  treasurer,  who  shall 
retain  the  same  subject  to  the  disposal  of  the 
said  board  of  trustees.  A  similar  certificate 
shall  be  made  and  warrant  drawn  each  month  in 
case  of  deductions  from  salaries  on  account  of 
absence  from  duty. 


(a)  Salary- 
forfeited  or 
deducted. 


(b)  Donations, 
etc. 

(c)  One  per 
centum  of 
salaries. 


(d)  Other  sources 
of  fund. 


Semi-annual 

deductions. 


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teacher's  retirement  fund 


City  treasurer 
custodian  of 
fund. 


Teachers 
retired  on 
superintendent’s 
recommendation. 


Voluntary 

retirement. 


Annuity  not  to 
exceed  50  per 
centum  of 
salary. 


Limit  of 
annuity  $800. 


Sub.  4.  The  city  treasurer  shall  be  the  cus¬ 
todian  of  said  fund  and  shall  execute  a  bond  to 
the  city,  with  good  and  sufficient  sureties,  to  be 
approved  by  said  board  of  trustees,  conditioned 
on  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties  as  such 
custodian.  Said  bond  shall  be  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  city  clerk,  and  in  case  of  a  breach  of  the 
same  or  any  of  the  conditions  thereof,  suit  may 
be  brought  on  said  bond  in  the  name  of  the  city 
for  the  use  of  said  board  or  any  person  or  per¬ 
sons  injured  by  such  breach. 

Sub.  5.  (a)  The  board  of  education  shall 
have  power,  on  recommendation  ot  the  superin¬ 
tendent  of  schools,  to  retire  from  service  any 
supervisor,  principal  or  teacher  who  shall  have 
served  in  such  capacity  or  capacities  for  an  ag¬ 
gregate  period  of  twenty  years  if  a  female,  and 
twenty-five  years  if  a  male;  and  any  person  so 
retired  shall  become  an  annuitant  under  this  act, 
provided  that  not  less  than  fifteen  years  of  such 
service  shall  have  been  rendered  in  the  public 
schools  of  Syracuse. 

(b)  Any  superintendent,  principal,  supervisor 
or  teacher  who  shall  have  served  in  such  capacity 
or  capacities  for  a  period  of  thirty  years  if  a 
female,  or  thirty-five  years  if  a  male,  may 
voluntarily  retire  from  service  and  become  an 
annuitant  under  this  act,  provided  that  not  less 
than  fifteen  years  of  such  service,  or  five  years 
as  provided  in  subdivision  nine  of  this  act,  shall 
have  been  performed  in  the  public  schools  within 
the  present  limits  of  Syracuse. 

Sub.  6.  No  annuity  paid  in  pursuance  of  this 
act  shall  exceed  one-half  the  annual  salary  of  the 
annuitant  receiving  it,  at  the  time  of  retirement 
from  service;  neither  shall  any  annuity  exceed 
the  sum  of  eight  hundred  dollars,  and  all  annui¬ 
ties  must  be  at  the  same  rate  per  centum  of  the 
salary  of  the  several  annuitants  at  the  time  of 
retirement,  except  in  cases  where  the  annuity  at 
that  rate  would  exceed  eight  hundred  dollars. 


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teacher's  retirement  fund 

Sub.  7.  No  person  shall  become  an  annuitant 
who  has  not  contributed  to  the  teachers’  retire¬ 
ment  fund,  in  pursuance  of  subdivision  three  of 
this  act,  exclusive  of  deductions  from  salary  for 
absence,  an  amount  equal  to  at  least  twenty  per 
centum  of  his  or  her  annual  salary  at  the  time 
of  retirement ;  but  any  such  person,  otherwise 
qualified,  may  become  an  annuitant  by  making  a 
cash  payment  to  the  retirement  fund  before  re¬ 
ceiving  any  annuity,  of  such  an  amount  as  his 
previous  contributions  under  said  subdivision 
three  may  have  fallen  short  of  the  required 
twenty  per  centum. 

Sub.  8.  No  annuity  shall  be  paid  from  the 
teachers’  retirement  fund  before  July  first,  nine¬ 
teen  hundred  and  one ;  but  any  person  duly  quali¬ 
fied  who  shall  retire  or  be  retired  from  service 
before  that  time,  shall  not  be  deemed  to  have 
forfeited  the  right  to  become  an  annuitant  under 
the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Sub.  9.  No  person  shall  be  deemed  to  have 
forfeited  the  right  to  become  an  annuitant  by 
virtue  of  having  resigned  his  or  her  position  in 
the  public  schools  of  Syracuse  after  five  years 
of  service  therein,  provided  that  such  person  shall 
continue  in  similar  work  elsewhere,  and  shall  con¬ 
tribute  annually  to  the  retirement  fund  an 
amount  equal  to  one  per  centum  of  the  annual 
salary  of  such  person  at  the  time  of  such  resigna¬ 
tion. 

Sub.  10.  If  at  any  time  a  superintendent,  prin¬ 
cipal,  supervisor  or  teacher,  who  shall  be  willing 
to  continue  service  in  the  schools,  shall  not  be 
re-employed  or  shall  be  discharged,  before  the 
time  when  he  or  she  would,  under  the  provisions 
of  this  act,  be  entitled  to  an  annuity,  then  such 
person  shall  be  paid  back  all  the  money  which 
may  have  been  deducted  from  his  or  her  salary 
in  pursuance  of  this  act,  otherwise  than  on 
account  of  absence. 


Annuitants  to  pay 
20%  of  salary 
exclusive  of 
deductions  for 
absence. 


Retirement  before 
July  1,  1901. 


Teachers 

resigning. 


Failure  to  be 
re-employed  or 
discharged. 


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teacher's  retirement  fund 


Annual  report.  Sub.  11.  The  board  of  education  shall  include 

in  its  annual  report  a  full  account  of  the  condi¬ 
tion  of  the  teachers'  retirement  fund,  its 
amount,  the  manner  of  its  investment,  and  all 
receipts  and  disbursements  on  account  of  said 
fund  during  the  year. 

Sec.  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  July  first, 
eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-seven. 


STATE  OF  NEW  YORK,  ) 

Office  of  the  Secretary  of  State.  )  ss. 

I  have  compared  the  preceding  with  the  orig¬ 
inal  law  on  file  in  this  office,  and  do  hereby  cer¬ 
tify  that  the  same  is  a  correct  transcript  there¬ 
from  and  of  the  whole  of  said  original  law. 

JOHN  PALMER, 
Secretary  of  State. 


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INDEX 

A 

Absence —  page 

of  teacher  to  be  reported .  42 

teacher  shall  notify  parent  of .  45 

of  employees .  55 

of  teacher  for  more  than  two  months .  43 

deduction  of  salary  in  case  of .  55 

return  for  less  than  five  days  not  to  break  con¬ 
secutive  .  57 

of  principals .  43 

illegal,  of  pupils.  .  .  .  45 

excuses  for,  of  pupils . . .  45 

without  leave,  cause  for  dismissal .  55 

Absent— 

from  duty,  employees  shall  not  be .  55 

janitors  shall  not  be .  60 

Addresses  of  pupils  and  employees  not  to  be  fur¬ 
nished  .  65 

Admission — ■ 

to  high  schools .  53 

to  teachers’  training  class,  educational  qualifica¬ 
tions  for .  70 

of  pupils . 48-49 

of  pupils,  order  of .  50 

vaccination  prerequisite  to .  49 

age  of,  kindergartens . 49 

age  of,  grades .  48 

Amendments — • 

to  by-laws .  34 

Annual  increase  of  salaries .  64 

Appeal— 

from  suspension . 61,62 

decision  stands  pending .  62 

order  of .  62 

Applicants,  superintendent  to  conduct  examinations 

of  .  23 

Appointments — * 

of  teachers,  heads  of  departments,  principals,  vice 
principals,  directors,  and  special  teachers.  ...  10,  70 
to  first  vacancy  in  case  of  employees  returning 

from  leave  of  absence .  57 

of  janitors  and  caretakers,  probationary .  59 

of  janitors  and  caretakers .  ..  59 

of  superintendent  of  schools . 6,  21 

qualifications  required  before . 8,  70 

examination  required  before .  70 

Assignment— 

of  work  to  part-time  employees .  60 

Assistant  Clerk — 

duties  .  25 

Athletics- 

rules  to  be  reported .  63 


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INDEX 


PAGE 

rules  to  be  ratified.. .  64 

board  of  faculty  advisers  required . 63 

control  vested .  63 

Attendance — 

children  may  be  excused  from .  54 

Attendance  officers— 

duties  of .  26 

shall  carry  out  provisions  of  compulsory  educa¬ 
tion  law .  26 

shall  report  to  board  monthly .  26 

Audit  bills,  finance  committee  to . 29 


B 

Board  of  education — 

officers  of . 6,  20-21 

committees  of .  27 

shall  furnish  free  text-books . 11 

clerk  shall  send  out  notice  of  meetings .  23 

election  of  members .  5 

term  of  members .  6 

to  serve  without  compensation .  6 

place  of  meeting .  18 

quorum  .  18 

meetings  of .... . . 18-20 

powers  and  duties  of .  7-8 

to  transmit  estimates .  29 

Bonds  required  of  superintendent  and  clerk .  7 

Books— 

free  to  grades .  11 

limitation  as  to  authorship  or  interest. .  11 

superintendent  shall  have  supervision  of .  22 

superintendent  shall  recommend .  22 

committee  on  text  books  to  report  on .  31 

changes  in . 22,  31 

clerk  shall  distribute.... .  24 

requisition  for  by  principal .  40 

worn  out,  to  be  collected  and  reported  to  clerk .  .  43 

Buildings — • 

board  to  approve  plans  of . 7,  12 

repair  of .  9 

acquired  .  11 

construction  of .  12 

superintendent  shall  report  on .  22 

superintendent  shall  have  supervision  of .... . .  22 

shall  be  opened  20  minutes  before  the  opening  of 

school  .  59 

closing  of .  58 

use  of .  32 

executive  committee  supervise  repairs .  28 

principal  and  janitor  jointly  responsible  for .  40 

duties  of  janitors  in . 59-60 

flags  on .  63 


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INDEX 


PAGE 


Business — - 

order  of . 19-20 

to  be  transacted  through  regular  channels .  62 

communications  .  62 

By-laws,  amendments  to .  34 

c 

Candidates,  examination  of . 23,  71-73 

Canvassing,  teachers  shall  not  allow .  65 

Causes  for  suspension  and  dismissal .  52 

Certificate — - 

required  in  cases  of  vaccination . 49-50 

Certificates  of  teachers .  70 

Children — - 

compulsory  education  of,  required . 48-49 

may  be  excused  from  attendance .  54 

Circulars  may  be  given  pupils,  when . 34,  65 

Classes — • 

principals  shall  visit .  41 

number  of  pupils  to .  48 

Clerk- 

election  of . 6,21 

duties  of . 9,  19,  23-25 

shall  submit  monthly  statement .  24 

bond  required .  7 

to  keep  list  of  teachers .  47 

receive  tuition .  24 

shall  send  notice  of  board  meetings . 18,  23 

shall  distribute  text  books . 24,  25 

shall  keep  records,  file  reports,  et  cetera .  23 

custodian  of  petty  cash .  24 

shall  collect  and  dispose  of  worn  out  books .  43 

Closing  of  school .  58 

College  degree  or  normal  certificate  required . 10,70 

Committees — • 

appointment  of . 21,27 

standing  .  27 

executive  . 27-29 

finance  . . .  29 

building  and  hygiene .  30 

teachers  .  30 

text  books  and  course  of  study . 30-31 

libraries,  rules,  regulations  and  printing . 31-32 

elementary  school .  32 

high  school .  32 

extended  use  of  public  school  buildings . 32-33 

reports  of .  27 

resolutions  of .  27 

Communications — * 

order  of .  62 

business  . .......... .  62 


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INDEX 


PAGE 

Compensation,  board  of  education  to  serve  without.  6 

Compulsory  attendance  of  pupils  required .  48 

Compulsory  education  law — 

enforcement  of,  superintendent  shall  supervise..  9 

attendance  officers  to  carry  out  provisions  of....  26 

Concerts — • 

forbidden  .  65 

Conduct  of  employees .  60 

Contributions  shall  not  be  solicited  of  pupils .  65 

Corporal  punishment — 

teachers  shall  avoid .  45 

teachers  shall  report .  45 

Course  of  study — 

superintendent  shall  make .  22 

for  training  classes .  70 

teachers  shall  observe .  47 

D 

Damage,  pupils  shall  pay  for .  57 

Death  of  employees,  flag  half-masted .  63 

Debts,  non-payment  of . 60-61 

Decision — • 

stands  pending  appeal .  62 

suspended  employee  may  appeal  from .  61 

Deduction  of  salary  for  absence . 55-56 

Degree,  college  or  normal  certificate  required . 10,70 

Director  of  training  school — 

duties  .  38 

Dismissal — • 

of  officers,  teachers,  and  employees .  61 

of  pupils .  51 

absence  without  leave,  cause  for .  55 

causes  for,  of  pupils.. .  52 

of  class,  on  account  of  temperature . 44-45 

Domestic  art- 

supervision  of .  39 

Domestic  science- 

supervision  of .  39 

Duties— 

of  the  president  of  the  board  of  education .  21 

of  the  superintendent . 21-23 

of  the  clerk  of  the  board  of  education . 23-25 

of  the  assistant  clerk  of  the  board  of  education....  25 

of  the  attendance  officers .  26 

of  committees — - 

executive  . 27-29 

finance  . 29 

building  and  hygiene .  30 

teachers  .  30 


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text  books  and  course  of  study.... . 30-31 

library,  rules,  regulations  and  printing . 31-32 

elementary  schools .  32 

high  schools . 32 

extended  use  of  school  buildings . 32-33 

of  the  supervisor  of  grades .  38 

of  the  supervisor  of  kindergartens .  38 

of  the  director  of  the  training  school .  38 

of  the  supervisor  of  industrial  education .  39 

of  the  supervisors  of  special  studies . 39 

of  heads  of  departments,  prescribed  by  superintend¬ 
ent  . 23 

of  the  superintendent  of  repairs . 25-26 

of  principals . 39-44 

of  teachers . 44-48 

of  janitors . 59-60 


E 


Education,  compulsory,  of  children  required . 48-49 

Educational  Building .  33 

use  of .  33 

written  permit  required . 33 

Election — • 

of  president  of  the  board  of  education . 18,  20-21 

of  superintendent  of  schools .  21 

of  clerk  of  the  board  of  education .  21 

of  the  president  pro  tempore .  19 

Emergency — 

notification  in  cases  of .  55 

Employees — • 

prescription  of  duties .  23 

transfer  of . 8,23 

dismissal  of .  61 

not  to  perform  other  service  for  pecuniary  consid¬ 
eration  .  46 

shall  report  for  duty  when  required .  47 

shall  not  be  absent  from  duty . . .  55 

may  perform  substitute  service .  55 

absence  of,  because  of  subpoena .  55 

death  of  teacher .  63 

shall  give  ten  days’  notice  of  resignation . .62 

may  be  suspended  by  superintendent . 9,22,61 

conduct  of .  60 

lists  of  or  addresses  of,  not  to  be  furnished....  65 

salaries  of,  how  paid .  64 

Enforcement  of  compulsory  education  law  provided..  9 
Engineers — • 

absence  of . .  55 

substitutes  for .  55 

temporary  transfers  of .  55 

Enrolment  of  pupils .  42 


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Entertainments— 

pupils  shall  not  engage  in .  65 

forbidden  .  65 

Errands,  teachers  shall  not  send  pupils  on .  46 

Estimates  to  be  transmitted  by  board .  29 

Examinations — • 

of  pupils,  superintendent  shall  direct .  22 

for  merit  lists .  73 

of  candidates . 23,  71-73 

physical,  required  before  appointment  of  teachers.  57 

positions  exempted  from . 10,  70 

Excused — • 

for  private  lessons,  permit  required .  54 

on  holy  days,  pupils  may  be .  54 

Expenditures  must  be  authorized . . .  29 

F 

Fairs,  forbidden .  65 

Fire  drills,  principals  to  have  bi-weekly .  43 

Flags,  hours,  shall  fly .  63 

Furniture,  teacher  shall  adjust .  45 

G 

Gifts,  teachers  shall  not  receive .  46 

H 

Habitual  truants  to  be  committed  to  ungraded  schools  52 

High  schools — • 

athletics  .  63 

control  of  admission  to . 48-50 

transfers  of  pupils  between . .  51 

entrance  fee,  evening  high  school .  59 

Holy  days,  pupils  may  be  excused  on .  54 

Home  study,  assignment  of  lessons  for .  46 

Hours— 

office,  superintendent  shall  maintain .  22 

office,  superintendent  of  repairs .  25 

school  .  58 

I 

Inventory — * 

annual,  to  be  made  by  teachers  or  supervisor  of 

industrial  education .  31 

principals  to  make  annual .  41 

J 

Janitors — • 

principals  shall  supervise . 40,  59 

absence  of .  55 

substitutes  for .  55 

temporary  transfers  of... .  55 

shall  not  be  absent .  55 


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to  make  repairs .  60 

duties  of . . . . . 59-60 

subject  to  orders  of  principal .  40 

appointment  of,  probationary .  59 

appointment  of .  59 

report  damages  when  school  not  in  session .  41 

K 

Keys  to  buildings,  who  shall  have .  43 

L 

Kindergartens — See  supervisor  of  kindergartens. 

Law,  teachers’  retirement . 78-82 

Leave  of  absence — • 

approval  of .  56 

limitation  of .  56 

how  arranged .  56 

without  pay .  56 

when  not  to  Jbe  granted .  56 

when  physician’s  certificate  must  be  filed .  57 

at  expiration  of,  employee  to  be  appointed  to  first 

vacancy  .  57 

report  of  educational  work  done  to  be  submitted..  56 

adjustment  of  salary  on  return  from .  57 

of  janitors .  60 

Lessons,  private,  pupils  not  to  be  excused  for .  54 

Licenses,  teachers . 8,  70 

Lists  of  pupils  and  teachers,  not  to  be  furnished....  65 
Lunches,  forbidden .  65 


M 


Mail  shall  not  be  delivered  to  pupils .  66 

Manual  training  schools — 

under  supervision  of .  39 

Marriage  of  female  teacher  forfeits  position......  63 

Medical  inspectors,  teachers  and  principals  to  co¬ 
operate  with .  66 

Meetings— 

of  the  board  of  education . 18-20 

annual  .  18 

regular  .  18 

special  . 18 

superintendent  shall  attend . 22 

of  officers  and  teachers,  superintendent  shall  organ¬ 
ize  .  22 

supervisor  of  grades  shall  hold .  38 

supervisor  of  kindergartens  shall  hold .  38 

teachers  shall  attend .  44 

teachers  shall  report  absence  from . 44 


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Merit  lists — 

appointments  from . 10-70 

classification  of .  71 

created  by  examination . 71-72 

examinations  November-December .  73 

eligibility,  on  two  years .  73 

standing  must  be  at  least  75% .  73 

presence  of  candidate  at  examination  required....  73 
in  absence  of  eligible,  superintendent  holds  exam¬ 
ination  .  73 

committees  to  determine  ratings .  72 

substitute  teachers  appointed  from .  74 

Method  of  promotions . 51-53 


N 

Non-attendance — • 

of  pupils .  53 

of  teachers  at  meetings .  44 

notice  required  in  case  of .  44 

Non-payment  of  debts .  60 

Non-residents — • 

admission  of.... .  48 

payment  of  tuition .  48 

may  be  admitted .  48 

tuition  charged .  59 

Notice-^— 

required  in  case  of  non-attendance  of  pupils....  45 


O 

Office — 

term  of,  superintendent . .  .  6 

term  of,  members  of  board .  6 

term  of,  of  clerk .  6 

hours  of  superintendent .  22 

Officers — • 

of  the  board . 20-21 

attendance,  duties  of .  26 

superintendent  shall  nominate  school,  and 

teachers  . 23 

superintendent  shall  prescribe  duties  of . 

suspension  or  dismissal  of .  61 

Order — • 

of  business .  19 

rules  of .  20 

of  admission  of  pupils .  50 

of  communications .  62 

of  appeals . .  62 

of  requisitions .  40 

Organization  among  pupils .  54 


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P 

Parent — • 

will  present  birth  certificate .  48 

Pay— 

of  substitutes .  74 

Plans  and  specifications — see  specifications  and  plans. 

Powers  of  superintendent . 9,  20-22,  61 

President — • 

election  of .  18 

duties  of .  21 

may  close  schools .  58 

Principals — - 

duties  of . 39-43 

shall  notify  superintendent  of  absence  or  tardiness 

of  teacher . 42 

shall  report  absence  or  tardiness  of  teacher .  42 

shall  see  to  safekeeping  of  property  .  40 

shall  supervise  janitors.... .  40 

shall  supervise  school  during  recess .  40 

shall  have  authority  over  teachers  and  janitors.  ...  40 

shall  enforce  rules . 39-40 

shall  report  damage  to  property .  41 

shall  have  bi-weekly  fire  drills .  43 

shall  not  have  bi-weekly  fire  drills  on  inclement 

days  .  43 

shall  have  key  to  building .  43 

may  dismiss  class .  44 

qualifications  of .  10 

absence  of .  43 

janitor,  subject  to  orders  of .  59 

to  report  lists  of  property .  41 

to  make  annual  inventory .  41 

shall  supervise  instruction,  organization  and  man¬ 
agement  .  39 

office  hours  of .  39 

shall  be  responsible  for  books  and  supplies .  39 

shall  keep  records . 40-41 

shall  make  requisition  for  text  books  and  supplies .  40-42 

action  in  failure  of  delivery  of  supplies .  40 

shall  give  duplicate  receipts  for  supplies  delivered.  40 

and  janitor  responsible  for  building .  40 

report  to  superintendent  certain  matters . 41-42 

shall  notify  teachers  of  rules  and  orders .  41 

shall  classify  pupils .  41 

shall  visit  classes .  41 

shall  co-operate  with  superintendent .  41 

shall  notify  attendance  officers  regarding  ab¬ 
sentees  .  42 

shall  keep  permanent  record .  42 

action  on  entry  of  pupils .  42 

shall  require  receipt  for  tuition  from  non-residents  42 
with  consent  of  superintendent  may  transfer  teacher 
in  grade  or  department .  43 


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shall  report  in  writing  to  superintendent  teacher 

absent  two  months  without  leave .  43 

shall  list  worn  out  property  and  forward  same  to 

clerk  .  43 

may  suspend  pupil .  51 

may  assign  work  to  part  time  employees .  60 

Private — • 

lessons,  teacher  shall  not  give .  46 

Prizes,  teachers  shall  not  present .  46 

Profane  language,  pupils  shall  not  use .  51 

Promotions — • 

of  pupils . 52-54 

method  of . 52-54 

regular  .  52 

special  . 52-53 

Property- 

superintendent  shall  report  on .  22 

principals  shall  report  damage  to .  41 

pupils  shall  not  injure . 50-51 

principals  to  report  lists  of .  43 

worn  out,  to  be  reported .  43 

Pupils — - 

superintendent  shall  direct  examinations  of .  22 

teacher  shall  not  send  on  errands .  46 

absence  of,  teacher  shall  notify  parent  of .  45 

shall  not  engage  in  any  concert  or  public  entertain¬ 
ment  .  65 

shall  not  be  solicited  for  subscriptions  or  contribu¬ 
tions  .  65 

mail  shall  not  be  delivered  to .  66 

deficient,  may  be  demoted .  53 

number  of  pupils  to  a  class .  48 

admissions  . 48-49 

tuition  charges,  for  non-residents .  59 

compulsory  attendance . 57-58 

must  be  vaccinated .  60 

application  for  admission .  50 

order  of  admission .  50 

promotion  of . 52-53 

reports  of .  57 

may  be  dismissed .  51 

may  be  transferred .  51 

may  be  suspended . 51-52 

may  be  suspended  for  non-payment  of  tuition .  52 

may  be  committed  to  ungraded  schools .  52 

causes  for  suspension  of .  52 

illegal  absence.... .  54 

excuses  for  absence .  54 

cannot  be  excused  to  take  private  lessons  except 

by  permission  of  superintendent . . .  54 

may  be  excused  on  holy  days .  54 

good  order  and  cleanliness  expected .  50 

conduct  on  street . 50 

shall  not  injure  property . 50-51 


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shall  not  use  tobacco  or  profane  language .  51 

shall  pay  for  damage .  51 

no  organization  except  by  permission .  54 

lists  of,  or  addresses  of,  not  to  be  furnished....  65 

not  to  be  sent  home  when  tardy .  45 

who  cannot  be  controlled  to  be  committed  to  un¬ 
graded  schools .  52 

ungraded,  restoration  to  graded  schools .  52 

Q 

Qualifications  required  for  teachers . 10,  70-73 

R 

Rating,  annual  of  teachers .  46 

Recess,  principal  shall  supervise  school  during .  40 

Record  book,  teacher  shall  keep .  44 

Removal  of  superintendent .  6 

Repairs— 

superintendent  of,  shall  supervise .  25 

to  be  made  by  janitor .  60 

Reports— 

of  committees .  27 

superintendent  shall  present .  ...  22 

of  pupils . . . *  57 

Requisitions — 

for  text  books  and  supplies . 40-42 

for  text  books,  when  made .  42 

for  supplies,  to  be  made  monthly .  42 

duplicates  .  40 

Residence,  teachers  shall  report . 47 

Resignation,  employees  shall  give  ten  days’  notice  of  62 

Resolutions,  consideration  of .  20 

Retirement  of  teachers,  law . 78-82 

Rules — * 

of  order . 20 

principal  shall  enforce .  39 

superintendent  to  recommend  changes  in .  23 

S 

Salary — 

deduction  of . 55,  56,  61 

adjustment  of,  on  return  from  leave .  57 

of  principals  and  teachers,  payment  of .  64 

of  officers  and  other  employees .  64 

determined  by . 64 

increases  from  beginning  of  term .  64 

School — • 

year  .  58 

sessions  .  58 

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days,  not  in  session .  58 

houses,  use  of .  33 

when  pupils  shall  not  attend .  49 

worn  out  property,  list  of .  43 

supervisor  of  grades  to  visit .  38 

supervisor  of  kindergartens  to  visit .  38 

teacher  may  visit .  56 

may  be  closed  by  president  of  the  board .  58 

ungraded,  pupils  to  be  committed  to .  52 

restoration  of  ungraded  pupils  to  graded .  52 

Scientific  subjects,  examinations  in .  72 

Special  meetings — 

how  called .  18 

notice  of .  18 

Specifications  and  plans — 

superintendent  of  repairs  shall  examine .  25 

board  has  full  power  to  approve .  7 

Standing  committees .  27 

State  apportionment .  11 

Stated  meetings .  18 

Subpoena,  absence  of  employees  because  of .  56 

Subscriptions  shall  not  be  solicited  of  pupils .  65 

Substitutes— 

to  be  provided  by  superintendent .  74 

employees  may  perform  service  as .  55 

for  engineers,  assistant  engineers,  janitors,  and 

caretakers  .  55 

pay  of .  74 

Superintendent  of  repairs — 

appointment  of .  6 

office  hours  of .  25 

duties  of .  25 

substitute  for .  26 

Superintendent  of  schools — - 

shall  maintain  office  hours .  22 

shall  prepare  courses  of  study .  22 

shall  examine  applicants .  23 

shall  report  efficiency  of  teachers .  22 

shall  attend  meetings  of  the  board .  22 

shall  report  on  buildings,  books,  and  property....  22 

shall  nominate  officers  and  teachers .  23 

shall  prescribe  duties  of  officers .  23 

term  of  office  of .  6 

may  be  dismissed .  6 

shall  recommend  changes  or  rules .  23 

shall  transfer  teachers . .  23 

shall  direct  attendance  officers .  22 

shall  recommend  text-books  annually .  22 

powers  of . 9-20-22-6 1 

term  of .  6 

appointment  of .  6 

removal  of .  6 


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Supervisor  of  grades — 

duties  of .  38 

shall  visit  schools .  38 

shall  hold  grade  meetings .  38 

shall  consult  principals  and  teachers .  38 

shall  study  conditions  and  needs .  38 

shall  standardize  work  of  grades .  38 

shall  perform  duties  assigned  by  the  sup  rintend- 

ent  . ' .  38 

Supervisor  of  industrial  education — 

must  approve  requisitions  in  writing .  39 

shall  have  charge  of  manual  training,  domestic  sci¬ 
ence  and  domestic  art  in  the  schools .  39 

duties  of . 39 

Supervisor  of  kindergartens — 

duties  of .  38 

shall  perform  duties  assigned  by  the  superintend¬ 
ent  .  38 

shall  unify  the  work  of  the  kindergartens .  38 

shall  consult  principals  and  kindergarten  teachers  38 

shall  study  conditions  and  needs . .  38 

shall  visit  schools .  38 

shall  hold  meetings .  38 

shall  have  charge  of  the  work  of  the  kindergarten 

training  class .  38 

Supervisors  of  special  studies — 

duties  of .  39 

Supplies — • 

action  when  cost  exceeds  $250 .  28 

must  be  receipted  for  in  duplicate .  40 

principals  to  make  requisition  monthly .  42 

Supply  teachers — See  substitutes. 

Suspended,  pupils  may  be . 45,  51 

Suspension — 

for  non-payment  of  tuition .  52 

causes  for .  52 

absence  without  leave  cause  for .  45 

appeal  from .  51 

superintendent  may  order . 9-22-61 

T 

Tardiness  of  teachers  to  be  reported .  42 

how  reckoned .  43 

Teachers — ■ 

superintendent  shall  nominate .  23 

superintendent  shall  report  efficiency  of . 9,  22 

superintendent  shall  make  transfers  of .  23 

superintendent  shall  organize  meetings  of .  22 

supervisor  of  grades  shall  visit .  38 

absence  of,  principals  shall  notify  superintend¬ 
ent  . 42,43 

positions,  examinations  for . 23,  71-73 

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certificates,  positions,  examinations  for . 23,  71-73 

shall  report  residence .  47 

shall  not  give  private  lessons .  46 

shall  not  be  absent.  . . .  55 

may  visit  schools  with  permission .  56 

may  obtain  leave  of  absence .  56 

may  be  appointed  to  first  vacancy  upon  return  from 

leave  .  57 

absence  of,  for  more  than  two  months .  43 

return  during  absence  not  to  break  such  absence..  57 

shall  give  ten  days’  notice  of  resignation .  62 

marriage  of  female  teacher  equivalent  to  resigna¬ 
tion  .  63 

notify  clerk  and  principal  of  residence .  47 

to  co-operate  with  medical  inspector .  66 

to  refer  complainants  to  principal  or  superintend¬ 
ent,  subject  to  principal .  66 

appointment  of . 6,  8,  71-73 

suspension  of .  61 

dismissal  of . 7,8,61 

transfer  of . 8,  23,  43 

physical  examination  required  before  appointment 

of  . . .  57 

required  to  report  twenty  minutes  before  opening 

of  school . . . -  • .  44 

absence  and  tardiness  to  be  reported .  42 

shall  attend  all  meetings .  44 

shall  report  absence  from  meetings .  44 

shall  keep  record  books .  44 

shall  keep  reports  of  pupils’  standing .  44 

shall  deposit  record  book  at  end  of  year .  44 

shall  record  temperature  of  school  room .  44 

shall  notify  parent  of  pupil’s  absence .  45 

shall  avoid  corporal  punishment .  45 

shall  report  cases  of  corporal  punishment .  45 

shall  adjust  furniture  to  pupils .  45 

shall  not  send  pupils  on  errands .  46 

shall  not  present  prizes .  46 

shall  not  receive  gifts .  46 

shall  not  allow  canvassing .  65 

shall  assign  lessons  only  in  accordance  with  rule..  46 

annual  rating  of .  46 

shall  not  perform  services  in  any  other  business 

except  by  permission .  47 

board  must  give  privilege  to  practice  special  pro¬ 
fession  .  47 

shall  report  for  duty  as  required .  47 

shall  follow  directions  of  principal .  47 

responsible  for  order  in  their  own  rooms .  47 

shall  observe  course  of  study  and  rules .  47 

shall  not  require  pupils  to  purchase  any  book  not 

approved  by  board .  48 

shall  post  written  programs .  48 

retirement  law . 78-82 

Temperature,  teacher  shall  record .  38 


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Term— 

of  office  of  superintendent .  6 

of  office,  of  clerk .  6 

of  office,  of  members  of  board .  6 

Text-books — ■ 

free  to  grades .  11 

worn  out,  to  be  collected .  43 

changes  in . .22-31 

superintendent  shall  recommend,  annually .  22 

clerk  shall  distribute .  24 

requisitions  to  be  made  semi-annually .  42 

committee  on,  to  report  on .  31 

principal  or  janitor  receipt  for .  40 

limitation  as  to  authorship  or  interest .  11 

Tobacco — 

pupils  shall  not  use .  51 

use  of,  by  employees,  prohibited .  61 

Training  class — 

when  organized .  70 

course  of  study  for.. .  70 

educational  qualification  for  admission  to .  70 

Transfer— 

of  teachers  from  building  to  building .  23 

of  teachers,  in  grade .  43 

temporary,  of  engineers,  assistant  engineers  and 

janitors  .  55 

of  pupils . 67-68 

Truants — • 

habitual,  to  be  committed  to  ungraded  schools....  52 
Truant  class — • 

pupils  to  be  committed  to .  52 

restoration  to  graded  schools  of  pupils  in .  52 

Truant  officers — See  attendance  officers. 

Tuition — • 

charges  for  non-resident  pupils .  59 

suspension  for  non-payment  of .  52 

payment  of,  in  case  of  non-residents .  48 

V 

V  acancies — • 

in  grades  and  kindergarten  positions . 57 

in  high  schools .  57 

among  special  teachers .  57 

Vaccination — • 

of  pupils  required .  49 

prerequisite  to  admission .  49 

W 

Worn  out — 

property  to  be  reported .  43 

text-books  to  be  collected .  43 

Y 

Year,  school .  58 


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Af>R  3  0  1934 
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